The National Weather Service has issued a high rip current risk for all Jersey Shore beaches through Saturday evening. Northeast winds of 10-15 mph and breaking wave heights of 2-4 feet, combined with a full moon’s effects, are generating life-threatening rip current conditions.

The National Weather Service says there is a risk of dangerous rip currents along eastern Monmouth County and coastal Ocean County through Saturday.

The Trump administration is allowing the U.S. National Weather Service to restore most of the hundreds of jobs eliminated by the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency once led by Elon Musk,

The federal agency has received permission to hire for 450 roles, including radar technicians, meteorologists, and hydrologists.

Cuts to the federal weather forecasting agency have been criticized in the wake of a deadly flooding event in Texas, where local offices were understaffed.