A rip current is a narrow, fast-moving channel of water that flows away from the shoreline and deeper into the ocean.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Memorial Day weekend kicks off, and summer unofficially gets underway, beachgoers may be wary of rip currents across East Coast ...

You're enjoying a relaxing and fun beach day around the popular spring break city of Fort Lauderdale when you spot something — a channel of water that looks different from the waves around it. Don't ...

This summer, don't let rip currents be that special someone to sweep you off your feet. These narrow water currents can pose a potentially life-threatening risk to unassuming swimmers. Nearly 30,000 ...

On Tuesday at 2:40 a.m. the NWS Wilmington NC issued a rip current statement valid between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. for Coastal ...

To someone who is getting sucked out to sea by a rip current, “Don’t panic!” may be difficult to heed, even if that’s exactly what you should do. But lifeguards say to not only relax but flip over and ...

Every summer, millions of Americans head to the beach without realizing the ocean's deadliest hazard often isn't a shark or a towering wave—it's a rip current. According to the Associated Press, rip ...