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Rip CurrentHillsborough, Florida

August 23, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Hillsborough

Event narrative (NOAA)

Two female children, ages five and six, drowned in rip currents at the Ben T. Davis Municipal Beach along State Road 60 (Courtney Campbell Causeway).

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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.

Rip Current — Hillsborough, Florida, August 23, 1998 | DisasterAtlasUSA