For the first time, beaches in New York's Nassau County will fly a purple and white shark warning flag. During an especially active summer, officials have beefed up shoreline security, using drones ...

NICKERSON BEACH, Long Island (WABC) -- Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is launching a shark warning flag system after a record number of sightings at beaches across the county. There have been 26 ...

HARPSWELL, Maine (AP) — Maine state coastal parks will adopt a flag system used in Massachusetts to warn beachgoers of the presence of sharks. The move comes after the state's first documented fatal ...

CAPE ELIZABETH, Maine (AP) — Maine’s plan to use shark warning flags this year came into play on Friday when a great white shark was spotted off Cape Elizabeth. The eight-foot juvenile shark named ...

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As shark sightings become more common in New England waters, the iconic purple warning flags used along beaches in Cape Cod, are following the sharks north. Beaches in Maine this year will start ...

Nassau rolled out a new warning system Monday to alert beachgoers when it’s safe to go back in the water following a shark sighting. The announcement came hours after Smith Point County Beach in ...

A great white shark was recently spotted jumping out of the water to catch a striped bass on a fishing line in Cape Cod Bay. Shark sightings along the Massachusetts coast have been rising in the last ...

LIDO BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - A record number of shark sightings at beaches in Nassau County this summer has prompted a new plan to warn swimmers using flags. On Nickerson Beach, a purple flag with ...