Popular Atlantic beach destination hit with dangerous rip currents as storms linger; hundreds rescued
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Lifeguards in Ocean City, Maryland, made nearly 400 rescues over Labor Day weekend as beautiful weather masked treacherous surf and currents caused by remnants of Hurricane Idalia.
In preparation for the rough conditions, which were masked by beautiful sunny weather, Ocean City Beach Patrol Capt. Butch Arbin sent an alert to all the phones within a particular area, called a geofence, to warm them of the high rip current risk. Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
"When the alert went off, people noticed it because everywhere on the beach the phones were going off," Arbin told Fox News Digital.
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