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PSA urges beachgoers to heed rip current warnings during Rip Current Awareness Week
Summary
A short public-safety announcement advised swimmers to check forecasts, swim near lifeguards, learn to spot rip currents and follow specific rescue precautions; a beach-flag notification sign-up and five safety steps were provided.
Ian, a staff member, urged beach visitors during Rip Current Awareness Week to increase awareness of rip currents, saying rip currents kill more than 100 people in the United States each year and are the leading weather-related killer on the Northern Gulf Coast.
Ian said that from 2022 to 2024 there were 224 rip current fatalities along the Alabama and Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast, and he urged the…
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