Rip Current — Hillsborough, Florida
August 23, 1998 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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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.