Lifeguards have rescued dozens of people from the churning waters along East
Coast beaches even as Hurricane Erin moves hundreds of miles offshore.
Authorities in North Carolina said about 60 people had to be rescued from rip
currents at Wrightsville Beach, prompting a no-swim order through the rest of
the week, according to the Wilmington Star-News, part of the USA TODAY Network.
Another person was rescued from rip currents at a South Carolina beach, and a
dozen rip currents were reported at South Carolina and Georgia beaches Aug. 18,
the National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina, said. Erin has made
conditions prime along East Coast beaches for life-threatening rip currents that
can catch people off guard, National Hurricane Center Director Mike Brennan said
in a news briefing over the weekend. Weather conditions might look ideal for a
beach trip, but dangerous rip currents can be hard to spot.
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