If you're heading to the beach, there's a danger you should know about. It's not sharks or rough surf -- it's the sand. Digging holes in the sand can be a serious hazard for you and your family.

A five-year-old girl has died and her nine-year-old brother taken to hospital after a sand hole they had been digging collapsed on top of them in Florida. Sloan and Maddox Mattingly from Indiana were ...

WASHINGTON — A day at the beach can go from catching waves, to desperately trying to save a life. Digging holes at the beach is something many people, including kids do for fun. But experts warn that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A young girl was buried in sand and died Tuesday when a deep hole she was digging with a little boy ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — While it might seem like a harmless activity, lifeguards are warning about the dangers of digging large holes on the beach. "Digging major holes in sand that you can put your ...

A young girl has died after a large sand hole she was digging with her brother collapsed on both of them at a South Florida beach on Tuesday, authorities said. The girl, believed to be around 7 years ...

The summer can be a dangerous time - and all this week on our new WGNT Newscast at 7 p.m., we are looking at ways to make sure you and your family stay safe. More than 40 people die a year from it: ...

This story from The Conversation is by Stephen P. Leatherman, Professor of Coastal Science at Florida International University. While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to seek out ...

It’s a quiet danger that can turn a fun day at the beach into tragedy. A seemingly harmless hole dug by a beach goer can be a deadly trap – a place where walls are quick to crumble, but powerful ...

First responders had to dig for 25 minutes before they could pull Tessa Filmer-Gallagher from the neck-high sand hole A day at the beach went terribly wrong for one 15-year-old girl in Massachusetts ...