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Print and Digital Media

20 Aug 25 — The New York Times: How to Stay Safe From Rip Currents, and What to Do if You’re Caught in One

15 Mar 24 — NBC News: ‘Sunny day flooding’ becoming more common, NOAA working to better predict it

03 Jan 24 — Tampa Bay Times: A look at king tide and what it means for Tampa Bay

30 Jun 23 — The Washington Post: Drownings at iconic beach raise red flags over spike in ocean deaths

28 Jun 23 — AP News: 10 deaths caused by dangerous rip currents off Florida and Alabama beaches

14 Dec 22 — NOAA: NOAA to Launch Major Advancement in Seasonal High Tide Flooding Predictions

12 Aug 22 — Good Morning America: How to spot and escape from life-threatening rip currents

14 Apr 22 — The New York Times: ‘It’s Super Spectacular.’ See How the Tonga Volcano Unleashed a Once-in-a-Century Shockwave

13 Apr 22 — Quanta Magazine: Scientists Unravel How the Tonga Volcano Caused Worldwide Tsunamis

25 Jan 22 — Science: Tonga shock wave created tsunamis in two different oceans

23 Sep 21 — NC Sea Grant Coastwatch: Model Behavior – Drawing on lifeguard expertise and artificial intelligence, researchers are improving rip current forecasting for beachgoers nationwide

8 Jun 21 — UNC Research Endeavors: Keeping Rip Currents in Check

7 Jun 21 — News 4 Jacksonville: NOAA Launches new forecast model to predict rip current risk

22 May 21 — CBS This Morning: Lifeguards, scientists, team up to form the world’s first computer model that predicts rip currents

15 Apr 21 — People.com: Here’s what to know about rip currents – and what you can do to stay safe in one

8 Apr 21 — Washington Post: Rip currents kill more people than tornadoes. NOAA is launching a model to predict them

16 Nov 20 — Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Permanent Wave: Little-Known Meteotsunami Strikes Upper Bay

28 Oct 20 — KRGV 5 News: Rising sea level contributes to storm surges on South Padre Island

14 Jul 20 — Miami Herald: Miami broke an all-time record for high tide floods in 2019, NOAA says

Podcasts and Radio

12 Mar 25 — The National Weather Desk Off the Radar Podcast: Rip Currents: Tech tools for survival

13 Aug 24 — NOAA Ocean Podcast: High tide flooding

05 Jun 24 — NPR Short Wave: Why the science of tides was crucial for D-Day

11 Jul 23 — The National Weather Desk Off the Radar Podcast: Weathering the World of Artificial Intelligence

22 Dec 22 — Coastal News Today American Blue Economy Podcast: Artificial Intelligence in the Blue Economy

28 Jun 23 — NOAA Ocean Podcast: Rip Currents: Preparedness and Prevention

1 Jul 20 — The Weather Channel, Weather Geeks Podcast: Weather Geeks: Rip currents, Rising Tides, and Meteotsunamis… Oh My!