If the wind is blowing steadily toward the shore, the risk of rip currents increases, but other factors and features can also make them more likely. They are not always easy to spot, so these are said ...

Even on a beautiful beach day, dangerous rip currents can be present, and knowing how to spot them could save your life. A rip current is a powerful, narrow channel of fast-moving water that flows ...

A rip current statement was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 12:46 p.m. valid from Saturday 6 p.m. until Monday 6 a.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties.

On Friday at 1:52 p.m. the National Weather Service released an updated rip current statement in effect until 6 p.m. for Mobile and Baldwin counties. "Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers ...