rip current

South Haven implements beach safety program, pays drowning victim's family

Mark Brush

Aaron Mueller of the Kalamazoo Gazette reports on a settlement reached between the family of a 2009 drowning victim, and the "Michigan Municipal Risk…

Education

Pres. Obama eyes Michigan high schoolers' safety project

The Associated Press

President Barack Obama has had a briefing from two Lansing-area teenagers about their new technology for warning swimmers about dangerous off-shore…

Rip current mechanism: breakers cross sand bars off the shore, the water travels back to sea through the gap in the sand bars, creating a fast "rip"

Coast Guard warning Lake Michigan swimmers about rip currents

Steve Carmody

Search efforts continue for two swimmers who were caught up Tuesday in rip currents off the coast of Saugatuck. Lake Michigan’s eastern shore has seen…

Rip current mechanism: breakers cross sand bars off the shore, the water travels back to sea through the gap in the sand bars, creating a fast "rip" current

Environment & Climate Change

Rip currents threaten the lives of Great Lakes swimmers

Steve Carmody

This week, state lawmakers will discuss what can be done to better protect people from rip currents on the Great Lakes. It’s estimated that about 30…