CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. (WAVY) — The beaches at Assateague Island are closed due to extreme rip currents and high surf brought on by Hurricane Erin. The closures were announced on Thursday, meaning swimming ...

The Ocean City Beach Patrol and Assateague State Park closed the ocean to swimming, wading and surfing Tuesday as tropical storm activity off the coast brings dangerous conditions to the resort town.

As Hurricane Erin sends waves up and down the East Coast, serving up a total feast for otherwise starved surfers, certain areas in Delaware and Maryland have blocked beach access and prohibited ...

Maryland beaches all around the coast were closed Sunday due to a "significant amount of medical waste" washing up onshore. A late afternoon update from Assateague Island National Seashore added ...

State and local officials from Delaware to Virginia are hopeful their beaches could reopen to the public “in the next few days” after they had to close due to medical waste washing ashore. The Town of ...

Two popular beach destinations along the coasts of Maryland and Virginia — Ocean City and Assateague Island — reopened to swimmers after closing for nearly a week following reports of medical waste ...

ASSATEAGUE ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE, MD/VA - The National Park Service has announced the reopening of ocean access on lifeguarded beaches within the Assateague Island National Seashore. The closure of ...

Some of the nation's most well-known beaches, including Virginia's Assateague Island, are managed by the National Park Service, which saw about 1,000 employees laid off in February by the Trump ...

UPDATE (9/16): The Maryland Department of Emergency Management raised the state activation level to "Partial" on Monday afternoon to provide resources involving waste washing up at regional ...