Rip currents off the coast of New Hampshire last week resulted in dozens of rescues on Hampton Beach. Lifeguards at the popular summer destination made 144 rescues over six days, the New Hampshire State Beach Patrol said. There were 51 rescues on Aug. 12 alone.

Lifeguards at the Jersey Shore are warning beachgoers about the danger of rip currents after two drowning deaths in New York and New Jersey on Monday.

Police departments in Cape May County shore towns have issued rip-current advisories to the public, warning of dangerous surf conditions in advance of Hurricane Erin. The storm formed into a hurricane on Friday,

OCEAN CITY, Md. — The Ocean City Beach Patrol has a new class of recruits working the roughly 90 lifeguard stands along the Atlantic Ocean and 11 News was there to see some of their training ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (WPVI) -- A day at the beach took an unexpected turn for a man in Atlantic City last weekend, but quick-thinking lifeguards are being credited with saving his life. Lifeguards say the rescue was a textbook example of training in action.

The Brigantine Beach Patrol wasted little time posting its plan for handling Hurricane Erin's impact on beaches, swimming, and boating as the severe storm passes South Jersey offshore later this week. This action plan is an example of what every South Jersey beach will be coordinating in anticipation of Erin this week.

It seems many beachgoers to Ocean City are still bringing large tents and canopies to the beach, despite a new measure that prohibits them.

(Reuters) -Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and other stretches of the U.