RIP CURRENTS

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What You Need to Know: Rip Currents What You Need to Know: Rip CurrentsA 9-year-old Massachusetts boy died Thursday, two days after he was caught in a rip current at a Rhode Island beach. >> Read more trending newsKeven Arruda, of Somerset, was caught in a current before he was pulled from the water at Easton’s Beach in Newport, according to the Fall River Reporter. The boy was taken to Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, where he died, WJAR-TV reported. “He was such a cute little boy with a bubbly personality and just loved everyone, and life to the very end. The boy regained a pulse while he was transferred to a hospital in Newport, and was later taken to the Providence hospital, according to the television station.

The drowning of an Altamonte Springs teenager last week in Daytona Beach has left a community of youth football players and supporters devastated.

No fireworks, no alcohol, no pets: Volusia County refreshed all potential Independence Day beachgoers of what rules they’re expected to follow on the seashore.

Rip currents are shallow, localized currents that quickly flow away from the shoreline toward the ocean. They claim about 100 lives annually across the U.S.

Rip currents are strengthening along Central Florida's coasts. Volusia County Beach Safety said two people drowned in them over the weekend including a 10-year-old.

As this system moves north, scattered showers and storms will be possible through the early evening. As the system out at sea pulls away Saturday night, Central Florida will clear and heat up Sunday and Monday. A few scattered storms could bubble up Sunday, but most will again be dry. Beach Forecast:High rip current threat at the beach this weekend. It will be a dangerous weekend to enter the ocean as the surf will be rough and the rip current threat extremely high.

Deadly rip currents can be seen from aerial view For the third time this year, someone has drowned after being pulled under by rip currents off Ocean City's beaches. WBOC's meteorologist Dan Satterfield finds rip currents from up above.