Islander experienced with Ocracoke rip currents offers some tips
Editor's note, June 13, 2018: Three men died in the last two weeks while swimming off the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, two on Hatteras...
Woman drowns in rip current off Ocracoke beach
Aug. 11, 2016 7:08 p.m.
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke--A 64-year-old woman died today after being caught in a rip current while swimming off Ramp 67.
A spokesman...
A second swimming fatality occurs on Outer Banks
Friday, July 22, 2016
By Connie Leinbach
A second drowning in two days occurred this afternoon (July 22) in Frisco, Dare County, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore...
Swimmer dies in rip current off Ramp 70
A 67-year-old man died here Thursday after being caught in a rip current off Ramp 70, known as the airport ramp.
Cape Hatteras National Seashore...
Rip current awareness week starts June 5
North Carolina and South Carolina will observe Rip Current Awareness Week June 5 to 11.
Rip current fatalities rank among the top of fatalities across the...
Rip currents, not sharks, are the biggest dangers at the beach
By Connie Leinbach
Sue Dayton will never forget how terrified she was when she was caught in a rip current in 1995 off the coast...