Overview

• RNLI and HM Coastguard issued urgent safety alerts across southwest coasts, with Dorset, Cornwall and Wales bracing for unusually large waves and strong rip currents.
• North Pembrokeshire lifeguards hoisted red flags and deemed multiple beaches unsafe, advising the public to stay out of the water as conditions deteriorated.
• Forecasts point to waves of around five metres on parts of the Cornish coast, with surf models suggesting St Ives could be too powerful to break safely.
• In the U.S., rough seas linked to Erin led to at least two rip-current deaths in New York and New Hampshire, while a search continues for a missing boater off Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.
• Authorities also warned of injuries from dumping waves at Porthcawl’s Rest Bay and of destabilized cliffs along the Jurassic Coast, urging visits to lifeguarded beaches and adherence to ‘Float to Live’ guidance.