Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ocean can look calm, inviting and even harmless. But just beneath that postcard-perfect surface, there’s a force that can ...

Depending on how you look at it; rip currents can either be your best friend or your worst nightmare. These powerful flowing bands of water have caught bathers, swimmers, surfers out for years – and ...

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. Rip currents are one of the coast’s greatest dangers ...

Rip currents can be unsuspecting, and when spending a day at the beach, it's important to be aware of the threats from rip currents, understand how they happen and how to save yourself if you get ...

If the wind is blowing steadily toward the shore, the risk of rip currents increases, but other factors and features can also make them more likely. They are not always easy to spot, so these are said ...

What’s the best thing to do if you’re in a life-threatening emergency? In some cases … it’s to ignore your first instinct. Some examples: Rip currents are the single most common emergency that ...

At 11:02 a.m. on Monday, the National Weather Service issued an updated rip current statement valid from 6 p.m. until Tuesday 6 p.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties. The weather service describes, ...

The ocean can look calm, inviting and even harmless. But just beneath that postcard-perfect surface, there's a force that can quietly pull even strong swimmers away from shore in seconds. They're ...