According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), rip currents can travel at speeds of up to eight feet per second, faster than an Olympic swimmer. Strong weather events ...

Rip currents are narrow columns of water flowing ... increase awareness and reduce drownings,” said Gregory Dusek, a NOAA scientist who developed the model, in a post on the agency’s website.

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Rip currents are dangerous currents that pull people ... channel in the water and it doesn't go on forever. According to NOAA, it's a myth that these currents pull people under - they just pull ...

"If you do get caught in a rip current, the best thing you can do is stay calm," Dusek said in NOAA's rip current survival guide. "It's not going to pull you underwater; it's just going to pull ...