UNCW women's basketball coach Nicole Woods was unconscious for several minutes after nearly drowning at Wrightsville Beach ...

Ryan Gillespie, Giuseppe Marturano, and Dashaun Brown said they were preparing for a beach soccer tournament on Thursday, May ...

UNC Wilmington women's basketball coach Nicole Woods says she's lucky to be alive after being caught in a rip current while ...

Last Thursday, University of North Carolina Wilmington Coach Nicole Woods said she had taken her daughters, a 10-month-old ...

As Memorial Day weekend kicks off, and summer unofficially gets underway, beachgoers may be wary of rip currents across East ...

With more than 30 rip current rescues at the North Carolina coast last weekend, Memorial Day weekend started Saturday with nearly three dozen rescues at beaches near ...

The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City has extended a high risk of dangerous rip currents today along beaches ...

Those who braved the chance for storms to spend Memorial Day weekend at the beach saw another deterrent -- an elevated risk for rip currrents.

On Sunday at 8:17 a.m. the NWS Wilmington NC issued a rip current statement in effect until 8 p.m. for Coastal Pender and Coastal New Hanover.

Rip currents often occur the most around low tide, especially near jetties, inlets, sandbars and piers. Rip currents can ...

The beaches by Jennette’s Pier have been packed for this Memorial Day weekend, and while it had been sunny, the wind was ...

High rip current risk today — swim near lifeguards. Afternoon storms could bring heavy rain and strong gusts inland.