Surfers Ignore Rip Current Alerts, Head To NYC Beaches Despite Warnings From City Officials
The worst of the wind and rain is over, but don't let that fool you. Dangerous rip currents and rough surf remain.
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The worst of the wind and rain is over, but don't let that fool you. Dangerous rip currents and rough surf remain.
The National Weather Service expects possible ocean swells up to 10 feet in our area.
That means no swimming and no surfing. Swells of up to 10 feet are expected.
Swimming out of rip current can sometimes be easier said than done, but virtual reality at the beach is helping people experience that first hand, safely.
Their safety program slogan is "Beware the grip of the rip."
Florence is hundreds of miles away and weakening, but it's still impacting the shores in our area.
Authorities say a man died in an apparent drowning while swimming in rough water off a beach at the New Jersey shore.
Hurricane Florence may be hundreds of miles away, but the storm is still expected to impact Tri-State beaches.
All three state park beaches – Jones Beach, Robert Moses and Hither Hills – have lifeguards working through the weekend.
Rip currents are now blamed for more than two dozen drownings since May along the Jersey Shore.
Already this summer, four children have lost their lives after venturing into the ocean.
Dangerous rip currents are going to be a problem for the Jersey Shore over the next few days.
As people packed the beaches for Memorial Day, lifeguards said it is crucial that everyone understand the risk and think about what they will do if caught up in a rip current.
The best and oldest advice: swim near a lifeguard.
It was advice two Brooklyn victims failed to heed when they went swimming off the Long Island shore.
A Brooklyn man who was pulled from the water off Long Beach, Long Island, on Saturday night after being caught in a rip current has died, police said.
Nice weather is predicted for the start of the Labor Day holiday weekend across the Tri-State areas as people celebrate the final weekend of summer.
Swimmers and lifeguards are facing a high risk for rip currents along New Jersey beaches.
In Long Beach, the town deployed more than 100 beach patrol personnel Saturday to cover more than 4 miles of beach.
The Coast Guard said that strong currents in the Hudson River forced the gigantic Norwegian cruise liner to use more propulsion.
The National Weather Service on Monday issued a high surf advisory all along the New Jersey and New York coastlines.
Swimming has not been banned at any New Jersey beaches, but yellow flags have been posted at many sites to warn swimmers about the conditions.
The National Weather Service said swells kicked up by the storm were expected to build as the weekend progressed, and they could continue through Monday.
With the forecast calling for sunny and hot weather this weekend, local lifeguards may have a hard time keeping swimmers out of the water.
A Long Island swimmer drowned over the weekend after getting caught in a rip current, as remnants of tropical storm Colin are producing dangerous conditions that threaten our beaches – and beachgoers' lives.
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Periods of rain will move through the New York area Thursday, but spring temperatures are on the way for the weekend.
Snow and rain will make for messy morning and evening commutes for New Yorkers on Tuesday. It's a First Alert Weather Day.
The Tri-State Area's weekend is looking like a tale of two seasons with both snow and sunshine.
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