Severe weather awareness is not all about lightning, floods, tornadoes and hurricanes. The number one weather killer in ...

Rip currents are powerful channels of water that flow away from shore, often causing life-threatening conditions for swimmers ...

According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, rip currents are the deadliest weather-related hazard in the state ...

IN DAY TWO OF SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS, WE’RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING IN ON RIP CURRENTS. MOST FOLKS DON’T REALIZE IT, BUT IT’S THE DEADLIEST WEATHER PHENOMENA IN FLORIDA AHEAD OF HURRICANES ...

The National Weather Service posts rip current risks on its websites around the coasts and has developed a computer model that can predict when conditions are favorable for their formation up to ...

The first full week of February is Florida’s Severe Weather Awareness Week. Every day this week the CBS 12 StormTrac Team will detail the common severe weather ...

“This is in part down to Florida’s geography and how it often receives strong winds coming in from the Atlantic Ocean, since ...

"Rip currents exist due to breaking waves and, more importantly, the variability in wave breaking both over time and space," Dr Brander told the ABC. "Basically when waves break, the water level ...

On Thursday at 4:27 a.m. an updated rip current statement was issued by the National Weather Service valid from 6 p.m. until Saturday 6 a.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties. The weather service ...

What could go wrong? Unfortunately, dangers still lurk in the surf in the form of rip currents, and it's important to keep these safety tips in mind any time you plan to enter the ocean.