Gusts of whipping winds and fierce wave currents can make a monster out of a sea. Each time the conditions become extreme, it spews something that can inject one of the most potent venoms in a human’s ...

The warning flags on the beach follow a stoplight system with green, yellow and red. If caught in a rip current, don’t swim directly back to shore. Instead, swim parallel to the shore until you’re out ...

Hurricane Erin continues to spin out in the Atlantic Ocean with steady winds as strong as 105 mph, creating rough surf conditions and dangerous rip currents up and down the Jersey Shore on Tuesday.