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Rip Current — Queens, New York

June 29, 2010 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Queens

Event narrative (NOAA)

Shortly after 7 pm on Tuesday June 29th, 14 yr old Scott McLeish of Flatlands was swept to sea by a rip current. His body was not recovered. The incident happened after life guards went off duty, and boy was not a strong swimmer.||Strong rip currents were reported at Jones Beach and Robert Moses, with dangerous rip currents at Hither Hills.

Other notable rip current events in New York

Queens · July 23, 20013 killedSoutheast Suffolk · June 6, 20102 killedKings · June 5, 20052 killedSuffolk · August 10, 20022 killedNassau · July 25, 20082 killedNassau · May 26, 20102 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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