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Beaches all along the Eastern seaboard will be plagued by life-threatening rip currents and large swells for much of next week because of Humberto spinning offshore and future Imelda.—Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 Hurricane Erin is moving closer to the Eastern seaboard, bringing dangerous rip currents and flood risks that have prompted evacuation orders and states of emergency in two North Carolina counties.—Bill Chappell, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025 Though the storm is not expected to make a direct hit with land, the hurricane will generate swells, life-threatening surf and rip currents for the Bahamas, Bermuda, the eastern seaboard of the United States and Atlantic Canada.—Denise Chow, NBC news, 18 Aug. 2025 Topline Thunderstorms snagged air traffic along the Atlantic seaboard Wednesday, causing the FAA to issue ground stops for airports in the New York and Washington metro areas.—Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for seaboard
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