As summer approaches and beach days return to the shores of our local lakes, water safety and drowning prevention is top of mind for Nathan MacIntyre. The long-time lifeguard and water safety advocate ...

Important Things to Know , About Dangerous Ocean, Rip Currents. 'The Independent' reports that rip currents pose the greatest ...

Rip currents can look darker in colour than the nearby water and it's a spot where the waves aren't breaking. When you hit the beach for a swim this summer, watch out for dangerous rip currents that ...

A 17-year-old boy died after being caught in a rip current at a south Florida beach, a danger that claims dozens of lives every year in the U.S. The teen, Oliver Vasquez-Perez, was swimming with two ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Stinging jellyfish, rays with their whip-like tails and sharks on the hunt are some ocean hazards that might typically worry beachgoers. But rip currents are the greatest ...

Hurricane Ernesto's eye was hundreds of miles from the U.S. on Saturday as it made landfall on Bermuda, but the storm is bringing weekend danger to East Coast beaches, according to rip current and ...

Summer has barely begun and the Great Lakes have already claimed 47 lives through drownings this year, according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, which also pegs the number of rescues of people ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Beachgoers heading to Virginia Beach or the Outer Banks this Labor Day should use extreme caution in the surf. The rip current risk is high, meaning life-threatening currents are ...

BOSTON (AP) — Rip currents are one of the coast's greatest dangers and account for the most beach rescues every year. Hurricane Erin is bringing the potentially deadly currents to the East Coast this ...