"Our primary focus is keeping New Yorkers safe," Mayor Adams said. "New Yorkers should know the ocean is more powerful than you are, particularly this weekend."
"We strongly urge all New Yorkers not to risk their lives by ignoring this directive," said NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue. Lifeguards and parks officials will patrol to enforce the ban at the beaches, which all face the ocean.
Storm Ernesto rocked Bermuda with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph early Saturday and is forecast to travel northeast, expecting to batter the region with powerful winds, towering waves and life-threatening rip currents.
Swells are expected to reach 6 feet in NYC and 9 feet on Long Island... the dangerous currents occur as increasing waves carry more water to the shore than can escape before the next wave arrives.
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