Hurricane Erin is forecast to stay well away from South Carolina, but the massive storm system likely will bring high waves and potentially deadly rip currents up and down the east coast, the National Weather Service’s Charleston office predicts.

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Rip currents claim the lives of dozens of people every year. At least 25 people have died in rip currents in the U.S. so far this year, including two in South Carolina, accor

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