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Rip Current — Coastal Brunswick, North Carolina

June 4, 2012 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal Brunswick

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 43 year old male drowned while attempting to help swimmers caught in a rip current near the Shoals Club on Station House Way. Rescue teams from Bald Head Island pulled seven people to safety but could not locate the 43 year old victim. Rescue personnel pulled his body from the water about an hour after the incident started.

Other notable rip current events in North Carolina

New Hanover · September 13, 20003 killedCoastal Brunswick · July 3, 20133 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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