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Rip Current — Coastal Horry, South Carolina
July 8, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
2
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Horry
Event narrative (NOAA)
Strong rip currents pulled two people out to sea. A teen got caught in a rip current near 48th Ave N, and another man who tried to rescue the boy was also pulled out from the rip current.
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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.