The Ocean City Fire Department has announced the waters off Ocean City are now back open to swimmers.
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The Rehoboth Beach Beach Patrol is commending a Good Samaritan beach boy for assisting in a water rescue Saturday morning.
After days of rough conditions from Hurricane Erin, Ocean City is finally seeing clear skies just in time for the weekend. Visitors are returning to the beach, but officials warn that the ocean remains unsafe for swimmers.
The beach in Bethany was fenced off today by beach patrol. This was in preparation for the high tide and rough waves making their way up to the dune - all coming to Delaware as a result of Hurricane Erin passing by the region.
Sunny skies and warm temperatures brought out families to the beaches of Ocean City on Tuesday, but red flags lined the shore as officials kept swimmers out of the water. Hurricane Erin, located off the Atlantic coast, has created dangerous rip currents along the region, prompting beach closures and safety restrictions.
Hurricane Erin remains far offshore, but its effects are already being felt along the Maryland coast. Officials in Ocean City say the storm is creating rough surf, dangerous rip currents and the potential for beach erosion.
An 18-year-old swimmer who drowned at Assateauge Island National Seashore in the waters off of Virginia's portion of the U.S. National Park on July 24 has been identified as 18-year-old Cresencio Lucas Chavez Velasquez of Parksely, Virginia.
The lifeguard chairs on Assateague Island in Virginia have been empty all summer due to federal cuts. Staring today, these trained swimmers will be on guard, every day, until late August.
Police say several members of a New York lifeguarding association vandalized beach patrol property amid the United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.
Accomack County Supervisors are considering drafting a letter to federal legislators to 'make every attempt necessary" to restore lifeguard se…