Researchers pinpoint cause of deadly Lake Michigan rip current
The storm on Lake Michigan lasted only 15 minutes, but the conditions it put into motion took seven lives.
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Mar 19, 2019
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News tagged with rip currents
Research team warns against overlooking Great Lakes' currents
The history of the Great Lakes is one of people who underestimate their destructive power, often with tragic results. From two massive waves that smashed into Chicago's harbors in 1954 to a rip current that drowned a young ...
Environment
Aug 5, 2014
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Real-time rip current identification tool uses AI and deep learning
Beachgoers could be safer thanks to a new technology with the potential to give real-time updates of rip currents.
Environment
Dec 27, 2022
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The story of a wave: From wind-blown ripples to breaking on the beach
It's a cliché, but Aussies love the beach. And little wonder: with 36,000 kilometers of coastline, Australia is blessed with some of the best beaches in the world.
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2020
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NOAA adds red tide alerts to Beach Hazards Statements
NOAA has added a new service to alert the public when red tides threaten human health at Tampa Bay area beaches. The new alert is timely since many of southwest Florida's beaches are experiencing or are under threat of red ...
Environment
Feb 4, 2013
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NASA sees four tropical cyclones in the Atlantic today
NOAA's GOES-13 satellite monitors the Atlantic and eastern U.S. and took a stunning image of Hurricane Katia in the western Atlantic between Bermuda and the U.S. East coast; Tropical Storm Lee's remnants affecting the northeastern ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 8, 2011
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New way to predict deadly rip currents at the beach
Rip currents are a serious threat to beachgoers at any coast around the world. There are reported number of fatalities caused by rip currents every year in the U.S. and Australia. According to Surf Lifesaving Australia, rip ...
Environment
Feb 15, 2023
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A double-satellite NASA-style view of the first tropical storm in eastern Pacific: Adrian
The first tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is now the first tropical storm, and two satellites are providing NASA insights into its thunderstorms, rainfall, and intensity. NASA satellite data on newly born ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 8, 2011
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Satellite sees Hurricane Fabio still chasing Emilia's remnants in Pacific Ocean
Hurricane Fabio continues to be the big tropical news maker in the Eastern Pacific, while the Central Pacific Hurricane Center is tracking the remnants of Hurricane Emilia. Both storms were captured on one satellite image ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 16, 2012
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Rip currents are a natural hazard along English coasts – here's how to spot them
Rip currents are found along most coastlines, and where they form near popular beaches they can be deadly. The journalist Decca Aitkenhead has written movingly about how quickly life can change after her husband was swept ...
Environment
Jul 28, 2016
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