This week, a Pennsylvania couple vacationing with their six kids in Martin County were swimming off the beach at Stuart Beach when they were fatally caught in a rip current. This being only the start ...

FILE - A no swimming flag flies on the beach in an area where there is a known rip current in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Rip currents are the most serious hazard that threatens swimmers in South Florida, ...

Florida's summertime dangers include sharks, rip currents and lightning strikes. Volusia County is known as the "Shark Bite Capital of the World." Florida is the state with the most lightning strikes ...