Separate accidents at Harriman State Park and Walton Lake over the weekend showed no signs of foul play, State Police said.

As Hurricane Erin loomed, two drowning tragedies happened at Carnival Cruise Line’s new resort destination on Grand Bahama on Aug. 15.

The drownings occurred at the Celebration Key Carnival Cruise Line resort, the cruise line's new private island for Carnival guests in the Bahamas.

Two American cruise passengers in their 70s drowned in separate incidents on Carnival Cruise Lines' private destination in the eastern Bahamas on Friday.

Double red flags above the Seaside Heights boardwalk on Monday signaled no swimming allowed. “We do have heavy rips, we have large surf,” said Jay Boyd, Chief of Lifeguards for Seaside Heights. “We have very close timing of the waves,

Shahin Gheblehshenas and Nina Fathizadeh have an Aug. 25 preliminary hearing for several felony child endangerment charges in the tragedy that ended with two toddler deaths.

Panama City Beach is working to fill eight open lifeguard positions. "We're a small team. I can see the team feeling the effects."

Police, beach patrol officers, lifeguards, and EMTs spent Tuesday evening in the surf both in Seaside Heights and neighboring Lavallette helping to rescue at

Two people died Saturday in separate drowning incidents in Orange County, New York. The first incident happened around 11:45 a.m. at Turkey Hill Pond in the Town of Highlands area of Harriman State Park. According to New York State Park Police, a 22-year-old man was hiking with a friend, then decided to take a dip in the pond to cool off.

A spate of accidental drownings across New York state this summer casts a focus on prevention and water safety.