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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

$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...

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)...

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...

swimming out to save his son-in-law, an inexperienced swimmer, from the rip current. A tropical wave exited the African coast on August 27, and with low...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

potent ocean currents. Kauai's geography makes Hanakāpīʻai conditions even more hazardous; in the event that one gets caught in a rip current (or otherwise...

Center warned of Hone's potential to bring heavy rainfall and dangerous rip currents to the Hawaiian Islands. The Hawaii County Civil Defense was activated...

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...

of the beach. Like all beaches with good surf, Zuma has its share of rip currents. Visitors are encouraged not to swim or surf in front of the Lifeguard...

weak tornadoes. The storm caused two fatalities: one in Florida from rip currents, and one in Connecticut from fallen trees and wires. Damage from Barry...

hazardous), the southern side is rated as a 7 due to a famous rip current known as the "Backpackers' Rip" because of its proximity to the bus stop. Many backpackers...