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Rip Current — Dare, North Carolina

September 4, 2003 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Dare

Event narrative (NOAA)

Dare County Emergency Management reported a rip current drowning of a Maryland man near Cape Hatteras. Swells generated from Hurricane Fabian, which was 875 miles southeast of the Outer Banks, caused heavy surf and rip currents across the entire Eastern North Carolina coastline.

Other notable rip current events in North Carolina

Coastal Brunswick · July 3, 20133 killedNew Hanover · September 13, 20003 killedWest Carteret · May 14, 20192 killedEastern Dare · September 9, 20162 killedCoastal New Hanover · October 7, 20172 killedWest Carteret · July 12, 20202 killed

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.

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