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 ...

Town officials say lifeguards will change flags to red after the National Weather Service issued a high rip current risk for ...

It’s “go time” for North Carolina lifeguards. This weekend, with temperatures expected to reach 100 degrees across much of the state and throngs of people are expected to descend on its beaches ...

COCOA BEACH, Fla. — Brevard County officials are urging caution after a man and woman died after getting caught in a rip current. It happened Tuesday afternoon near 4th Street along Cocoa Beach.

Disaster has struck again in the ocean amid spring warmth in the U.S., as first responders attempted a water rescue on Tuesday. A spring day at the beach went wrong at Cocoa Beach, Florida, when four ...

Rip currents have killed 285 people in Florida over the past 16 years. Rip current advisories are issued by the NWS - and beach flags also indicate dangerous conditions. Why do so many ignore the ...