CLEVELAND (WJW) – The National Weather Service has issued a Beach Hazard Statement, advising people not to go in the water on Thursday, Aug. 21, because of dangerous rip currents.
The statement says there are “high risks of rip currents that can carry swimmers away from the shore. Wind and wave action will cause currents on the lakeshore. Swimmers should not enter the water. Currents can carry swimmers away from shore through a sand bar and along structures extending out into the lake.”
The beach hazard statement is in effect through Thursday evening.
Rip current warning signs have also been posted at Edgewater Beach.
This comes as the bodies of two brothers were recovered from the lake after a days long search.
The bodies of Austin Labbe, 22, and Trent Sanchez,19, were recovered Wednesday.
The brothers went missing Sunday night after being swept away by a rip current at Huntington Beach.
One of the brothers was found in the water near the Lorain-Cuyahoga border, and the other was found in Avon Lake, more than three miles away from where they went in.
The Coast Guard said rip currents won’t necessarily pull swimmers under, but instead, far out. Experts advise that if you do get pulled out, try not to panic and instead of tryinging to swim back to shore, swim with the current, parallel to the shore.
The Coast Guard said these rip currents happen more often in the warmer months.
You are always urged to check conditions before you get into the water.
The FOX 8 meteorologist team said this summer has had the lowest number of Beach Hazards in ten years.
Jessica Dill
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