Officials are urging beachgoers and drivers to take extra safety measures after a 2-year-old was hit and killed by a car on the sand at New Smyrna Beach.

A 2-year-old girl died after she ran into a traffic lane and was struck by a vehicle on the beach in New Smyrna Beach on Friday, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office.

A 17-year-old died Saturday after being pulled unresponsive from the surf at Lori Wilson Park in Cocoa Beach, marking the third drowning at a Brevard County beach in recent weeks.

How should Brevard County pay for lifeguards on every beach? The recent drowning of two people in Cocoa Beach is sparking a conversation, and pushback from one city mayor who says lifeguards can't be funded everywhere, and the Tourist Development Council needs to be involved in the conversation.

After two drownings this week, a Brevard commissioner says he’d be willing to raise taxes to put lifeguards on every beach in the county. The reality on most of the Brevard County coastline is there aren’t lifeguards to save someone in an emergency.

Brevard County has figured out a way to make swimming safer despite the dangers caused by weather. the

With a national lifeguard shortage affecting Volusia, the county's beach safety teams are also putting in extra effort to recruit new lifeguards and keep Volusia’s 47 miles of beach safe.

Volusia County is grappling with a lifeguard shortage, and officials are increasing pay in hopes of attracting young adults and teens to join their ranks.

A total of 570 people were rescued from Volusia County’s beaches over the Independence Day weekend, according to county beach officials.

There are several potentially dangerous elements of the beach that should be taken into consideration, especially by those who are unfamiliar with the ocean or have children.

So far, Memorial Day weekend at New Smyrna Beach has been calm, according to Volusia Beach Safety officials.

The town of Melbourne Beach wants to use volunteers to boost beach safety through awareness.

Hurricane Lee is causing dangerous rip currents along the east coast and officials in Volusia County say at least one person has drowned.

Just as big crowds get ready to head to the beach for the holiday week ahead, lifeguards along the coast are warning of dangerous rip currents.

Lifeguards along the coast are getting ready for the Fourth of July crowds and keeping them safe from the dangerous rip currents.

It’s always one of the biggest beach days of the year and Volusia’s beaches were packed in early Monday morning.

Volusia County Beach Safety Patrol is firing back at Sheriff Mike Chitwood after the division said he came down in support of bills that would grant him full power over the area it monitors.

Brevard County has seen almost 150 rescues, including three drownings in the past week, on its beaches since Thanksgiving, ocean rescue said in a briefing.

Rip currents are shallow, localized currents that quickly flow away from the shoreline toward the ocean. They claim about 100 lives annually across the U.S.

Lifeguards in Volusia County have been busy with spring breakers.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – The body of a 27-year-old Ocala man who disappeared when he was caught in a rip current Saturday afternoon off Daytona Beach has been recovered, officials said. Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue said Elijah Rashad Thomas disappeared in the surf near 1024 N. Atlantic Ave. by the Hampton Inn. His body was found Sunday night, about 9 miles north of where he vanished, according to Tammy Malphurs, of Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue. Malphurs said Thomas was swimming with his family in an unguarded area off Daytona Beach when they got caught in a rip current. Then-Hurricane Epsilon, although far from Florida, created high surf and strong rip currents along the Florida coast.