Beaches on Assateague Island have been closed due to eroded shoreline posing a threat to visitors. Restrictions have been ...

On Tuesday morning, Assateague Island National Seashore and Ocean City closed public access to the ocean. Hurricane Erin ...

Effective immediately, all ocean side beaches, including the Assateague Island State Park, have suspended in-water activities ...

The beaches at Assateague Island and Ocean City, Maryland, are closed due to dangerous rip currents and high surf brought on ...

Fog and drizzle gradually lift by midday. A passing storm is possible later today. "Erin" impacts felt Thursday.

Local authorities in Delaware and Maryland have decided to ban surfing well ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Erin, an ...

With all the talk of hurricanes and how humans can prepare, do you ever wonder how wild weather affects wild ponies?

Maryland Public Television’s award-winning original series Outdoors Maryland, now in its 35th anniversary season, will launch an episode about the one and only Assateague Island — the 37-mile ...

Maryland Public Television’s award-winning original series Outdoors Maryland, now in its 35th anniversary season, will launch an episode about the one and only Assateague Island — the 37-mile ...

— -- Maryland owes it not to just one storm, but two, that Assateague Island National Seashore exists today. A 1933 hurricane split the resort town of Ocean City at its barrier island ...

Assateague is a barrier island and its contours have changed with time, tides and storms. It was once connected to Ocean City, but the August 1933 Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane created an inlet.