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rip current
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rip current
n.
A strong, narrow surface current that flows rapidly away from the shore, returning the water carried landward by waves. Also called rip tide, tiderip.

rip current
A strong, narrow surface current that flows rapidly away from the shore. Rip currents form when excess water that has accumulated along a shore due to wind and waves rushes back suddenly to deeper waters. Also called rip tide.
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rip current
When water that comes ashore is channeled back out to sea through a narrow passage, such as a break in a sandbar, the strength of the flow of water is concentrated and forms a rip current.
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Noun1.rip current - a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore
tide - the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
current, stream - a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes); "the raft floated downstream on the current"; "he felt a stream of air"; "the hose ejected a stream of water"


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Byline: ANI Washington, October 14 (ANI): A new study has indicated that rip currents pose greater risk to swimmers than to shoreline.
Large swells from Danny are expected to produce dangerous surf conditions and life-threatening rip currents along the US east coast during the next day or two," the National Hurricane Center said, while noting the weather system was "barely" a tropical storm.
Warnings for these locations include damaging winds, flooding rain, high surf and dangerous rip currents.
 
 
 
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