Ronnie Andrews has been identified as the 61-year-old Perdue driver, who was killed when his truck went overboard Sunday morning from the southbound Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel.
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Prolonged freezing temperatures have partially frozen the Delaware Bay, disrupting ferry service, challenging maritime navigation and drawing attention to rare winter conditions along the coast.
Emergency crews responded Sunday afternoon after a kayaker issued a Mayday call on the VHF radio reporting trouble in Chincoteague Bay.
Two men died in Delaware waterways within 24 hours, an 18-year-old at the Broadkill River and a 27-year-old at Herring point. Authorities emphasize that currents can be deceptively strong, even in calm-looking waters, and urge people not to enter the water alone, to wear life jackets, and to avoid swimming when lifeguards are off duty.
Boaters who rely on the U.S. Coast Guard’s “Homeport” website for maritime information will need to chart a new course.
A dead humpback whale remains stranded more than a mile off the Delaware coast, as the Marine Education Research and Rehabilitation Institute worked for hours Wednesday trying to bring the mammal to shore, but their efforts were unsuccessful, as the mammal is stuck on a sandbar due to its weight.
A joint-effort with the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday led to a water rescue of two duck hunters whose boat had drifted away while they were on Burton Island.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspends the search for Dorian Yanke.
A large-scale emergency response was initiated to assist with a water rescue in Bethany Bay. This took place after reports of a missing 65-year-old kayaker.
On Saturday evening, the Unified Command noted it removed a substantial segment of Span 19, weighing 156 tons.