More people are dying in rip currents and activists say more protections are needed.
" that's entirely preventable. He is one of a host of beach-safety advocates campaigning for more public education, better signs, flotation devices and more properly trained lifeguards.
It isn't known why rip-current deaths increased the past two years, said Chris Brewster, chair of thecertification committee. It could be an increase in swimmers as people fled pandemic confinement, he said, or heat waves sending more people to the beach to cool off. They can be generated by strong onshore winds and swells from distant passing hurricanes, said Rob Brander, a beach-safety expert at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. If climate change causes any of these conditions to become more frequent in an area, Brander said rip currents could become more likely.
In July, a Myrtle Beach, South Carolina jury found the city's private beach contractor negligent when Zerihun Wolde, a 41-year-old father, died in a rip current in August 2018. “They have led the community and visitors to believe the lifeguards are trained and qualified and performing their job within industry standards," McLeod said.
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