CLEVELAND (WJW) - Rip current warning signs were posted at Edgewater Beach on Wednesday as rough conditions continued across Lake Erie.

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a reminder about the dangers of rip currents, which are powerful channels of water that pull swimmers away from shore.

“A lot of people struggle and try to swim back to shore,” said Petty Officer Kathan Fleming. “The biggest advice we can give is: if you get caught in a rip current, swim parallel to the shore to escape it.”

The warning came the same day the bodies of 22-year-old Austin Labbe and 19-year-old Trent Sanchez were recovered. The brothers went missing Sunday night after being swept away by a rip current at Huntington Beach.

Fleming said signs of a rip current include breaks in the waves and darker patches of water

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