Memorial Day weekend is just over a week away and will bring throngs of people to Florida’s beaches, as it is widely considered the unofficial “start of the summer” in the U.S. And while we share the ...

Alecia Reid is an award-winning, Emmy-nominated reporter for CBS News New York. She is a sustainability and social justice advocate; passionate about giving a voice to people who may not otherwise be ...

Florida ranks fifth in the U.S. for the most drowning deaths in natural bodies of water, per public CDC data. Rip currents, common in Florida regardless of weather, are powerful channels of water ...

This week, a Pennsylvania couple vacationing with their six kids in Martin County were swimming off the beach at Stuart Beach when they were fatally caught in a rip current. This being only the start ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The National Weather Service (NWS) reports that rip currents are the number one weather-related killer in the coastal Carolinas. On average, rip currents kill eight people ...

PhD Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington Emma Shie Nuss receives funding from National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research. Audrey Casper receives ...

Large waves, rip tides and rough surf are prompting mayors and beach officials around the Jersey Shore to ban swimming as Hurricane Erin barrels northward into the Atlantic Ocean. More than a dozen ...