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At least six people have died recently from rip currents in Florida. Here are some life-saving tips: What is a rip current? How to survive if caught in one.
Last month alone, rip currents in Florida killed eight people within four days. As beachgoers look to cool down over the July 4 holiday, here’s how to spot rip currents and how to protect ...
Rip currents: These are narrow channels of fast-moving water that flow away from shore. Undertow: This is the general return flow of water towards the ocean floor after a wave breaks.
Six people drowned in rip currents over a recent two-day period in Florida, including a couple vacationing on Hutchinson Island from Pennsylvania with their six children and three young men on a ...
How to spot a rip current. Rip currents are easiest to identify from an elevated position, and they can be spotted quickly by the often muddy, darker strip of water in the center.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three Alabama men who went for an evening swim shortly after arriving at a Florida Panhandle beach were caught in a rip current and died, authorities say. It was the latest in a rash of recent deaths in Florida waters after a Pennsylvania couple drowned off the state's southeast coast, authorities said
Rip currents and high seas killed three people in the state. [83] [84] September 8 – As Hurricane Ike moved through Cuba, its outer bands dropped heavy rainfall in South Florida, and spawned two tornadoes in the Upper Florida Keys. [85] November 14 – The remnants of Hurricane Paloma brought heavy rainfall to the Florida panhandle. [86]
A rip is a strong current running out to sea, which can quickly drag people and debris away from the shallows of the shoreline and into deeper water. They can reach speeds of 4 to 5mph - faster ...