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High Surf — San Francisco, California
December 7, 2018 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
San Francisco
Event narrative (NOAA)
A surfer was pulled from the water at Ocean Beach in the early afternoon. Rescuers performed CPR on the scene before transferring him to a trauma center. The surfer later died http://www.ktvu.com/news/person-pulled-from-water-at-ocean-beach.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.