A rip current (or just rip) is a specific type of water current that can occur near beaches where waves break. A rip is a strong, localized, and narrow...

A rip tide, or riptide, is a strong offshore current that is caused by the tide pulling water through an inlet along a barrier beach, at a lagoon or inland...

$20 million (2001 USD). Eight people died in the state, five of which due to rip currents. August 6 – After meandering for several days in the eastern Gulf of...

rip current statement is a warning statement issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there is a high threat of rip currents due...

misapplied to rip currents. An undertow occurs everywhere underneath shore-approaching waves, whereas rip currents are localized narrow offshore currents occurring...

qualifications: Low-risk rip currents: Wind and/or wave conditions are not expected to support the development of rip currents; however, rip currents can sometimes...

rich, bubble rich, and moves rapidly. The rip head of the rip current has long shore movement. Rip currents are common on beaches with mild slopes that...

include: Air current Water current Current (hydrology), a current in a river or stream Ocean current Longshore current Boundary current Rip current Rip tide Subsurface...

Riptide or rip tide may also refer to: A common misnomer for a rip current, a fast narrow current running offshore and cutting through breaking waves Riptide...

Look up rip in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. To rip is the act of tearing an object. Rip may also refer to: Nioro du Rip, a town in the southern Kaolack...

20. At least three deaths have been tied to Ernesto, all related to rip currents from the hurricane along the East Coast of the United States. On August 8...

the beach, against the rip current, swimmers get tired-out in the process and drown. Instead, swimmers caught in a rip current should relax, and swim...

or a gas Air current, a flow of air Ocean current, a current in the ocean Rip current, a kind of water current Current (stream), currents in rivers and...

Report: Rip Current (Report). National Centers for Environmental Information. 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2017. Delaware Event Report: Rip Current (Report)...

southern California. California occasionally experiences high surf and rip currents from distant but powerful hurricanes, such as Hurricane Guillermo in...

produced high waves, beach erosion, and rip currents that injured a surfer. September 3, 2010 – Rip currents from offshore Hurricane Earl killed two swimmers...

$3.5 billion in damages. The hurricane's remnants produced dangerous rip currents across the Eastern United States during Labor Day Weekend, resulting...

Dominican Republic and one in Turks and Caicos Islands, all due to flooding. Rip currents affected Maryland and New Jersey, resulting in one fatality in each state...

being caught in rip currents related to Fay. He was with five other swimmers, who were rescued after also being caught in the rip currents. The storm flooded...

experiencing about $2 million in damage. A woman died after being caught in a rip current offshore Asbury Park. In Massachusetts, falling power lines left more...

directly attributable to the hurricane. Another person drowned in a rip current off Miramar Beach. With an estimated cost of $8 billion in damages, Hurricane...

on the next day. Barry caused two fatalities: a man was killed by a rip current off the coast of the Florida Panhandle on July 15, and another man was...

Playalinda Beach, while trying to rescue a 10-year-old boy caught in a rip current. One child drowned in Green Swamp near Sumter, South Carolina, after...

with minor flooding occurring in Baja California Sur. Large waves and rip currents affected coastal areas from Sinaloa northward to the San Francisco Bay...

saved two people who were being swept out into the ocean by a California rip current. Bella saved owner Chris Larocque from a burning house by pulling him...

was connected to the sea. At this point a rip current, a very strong offshore current, can occur. The current will vary depending on the height of the...

beach erosion and some flooding. A woman died after she was caught in a rip current in Asbury Park. On August 31, a westward-moving tropical wave exited...

Alabama. In Miami Beach, Florida, a student died when she was caught in a rip current. Rainfall in the United States peaked at 9.84 in (250 mm) in Lake Toxaway...

and the most recent was Helene in September 2024. September 12, 2000 – Rip currents from Hurricane Florence kill three people due to drowning. September...

Retrieved February 5, 2020. "Weather: Afternoon storms forming Saturday; rip current risk high". TCPalm. September 24, 2016. Archived from the original on...