Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Queens
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 35-year old man drowned in East Rockaway Inlet, about 300 yards offshore from Far Rockway beaches, after being impacted by a rip-current.
Other notable rip current events in New York
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.