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High risk of rip currents at Shore as Hurricane Gert roils out at sea

Rip currents have claimed the lives of at least five people in New Jersey so far this summer.

Tropical storm Gert before it became an Atlantic hurricane, the second of the season.
Tropical storm Gert before it became an Atlantic hurricane, the second of the season.Read moreNOAA

The National Weather Service is warning that there is a high risk of rip currents Wednesday along the Jersey Shore and Delaware Beaches as Hurricane Gert churns the waters far offshore.

Rip currents have been blamed in five of the 10 drowning deaths reported at the Shore since Memorial Day.

Swimmers are advised to not swim against a rip current, but to swim parallel to the shore to escape its pull.

The high-risk categorization means dangerous and potentially life-threatening conditions exist for all people entering the surf.

As far as the weather is concerned, morning fog will give way to mostly sunny skies with a high in the mid to upper 80s at the Shore.

While Hurricane Gert roils the waters of the North Atlantic on its northeast path, forecasters are watching three tropical waves that have the potential to become named storms.