told Chron Friday that the shark attacks at South Padre Island on Thursday at first glance look to be consistent with a typical incident. "A lot of people in the water, fairly shallow water ...

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — Shark attacks disrupted Fourth of July celebrations Thursday at South Padre Island as two ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man was setting up a tent when he was reportedly hit by lightning south of the Padre Island National Seashore on Wednesday afternoon. CCFD Asst. Fire Chief Billy Belyeu ...

Drifted farther west from his childhood home in Rhode Island for the waves ... Colin saw the shark’s fin close on him. “Help!” he yelled. “Shark attack!” Two surfers nearby looked ...

A British man seriously injured in a shark attack in Tobago is "aware of what is happening" and "able to communicate", his wife has said. Peter Smith, 64, was on the Caribbean island with wife Jo ...

It is the fourth fatal shark attack in Australian waters so far this year. Last month, a surfer was killed by a great white shark in New South Wales ... side of the island to the coastal city ...

Hawaii island is third with about 15 nonfatal bites. Despite shark attacks off Maui in November ... habitat for tiger sharks in waters off South and West Maui overlaps with coastlines that ...

Because of its small size, South Padre Island is often grouped with other towns along the Gulf Coast of Texas, such as Port Isabel and Brownsville, both of which make great daytrips. The town of ...

The best way to get around South Padre Island is on foot, especially since the area clocks in at 2 square miles in size (much of which is shoreline). There is also a free public shuttle ...

South Padre Island has the largest, most consistent, and best shaped waves on the coast of Texas thanks to its much shorter and deeper continental shelf. Picking almost all swell directions ...

Night - Scattered showers with a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds from ESE to SE at 11 to 14 mph (17.7 to 22.5 kph). The overnight low will be 78 °F (25.6 °C). Partly cloudy with a high of 85 ...

In over a century of records, the shark attack mortality rate is 0.9 - less than one person per year. One of the seven deaths this year involved a man who was spearfishing near Fraser Island in ...