Numerous swimmers rescued from rip currents at Tybee Island this weekend

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Numerous swimmers rescued from rip currents at Tybee Island this weekend

Story Published: Jul 14, 2008 at 10:41 AM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 14, 2008 at 10:41 AM EDT

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP)- The lifeguards on Tybee Island were
kept busy over the weekend.

In a two-hour period Sunday, lifeguards rescued 20 to 25 swimmers caught in dangerous rip currents. There were no injuries.

Rip currents form when powerful water currents flow away from
shore and become trapped in a gap between the beach and a sandbar.

Experts say that instead of fighting the current swimmers should
swim parallel to the shore. Once clear of the outgoing riptide, swimmers can go straight in to shore.

Rip currents have been a problem for the past several days along the east coast of the U.S. as swells from what was once Hurricane Bertha have increased the surf.

Rich Rogers contributed to this story.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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