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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.
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. The young Alabama men had traveled to the ...
About 100 people drown from rip currents along U.S. beaches each year, according to the United States Lifesaving Associat Things to know about dangerous rip currents and how swimmers caught in one ...
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
Deadly rip currents are to blame for a dozen apparent drownings over the past two weeks on Florida's Panhandle, where there aren't enough lifeguards to keep beachgoers from venturing out into the ...
As Independence Day approaches and beach season is in full swing, one of the biggest dangers to beachgoers are rip currents. About 100 Americans die from rip currents every year, according to the ...
A rip current (or just rip) is a specific type of water current that can occur near beaches where waves break. A rip is a strong, localized, and narrow current of water that moves directly away from the shore by cutting through the lines of breaking waves, like a river flowing out to sea.
A firefighter from Georgia and two fathers who drowned while trying to save their children are among at least 10 recent victims of dangerous rip currents along Gulf of Mexico beaches stretching ...