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Rip Current — Delta, Michigan

July 17, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Delta

Event narrative (NOAA)

The Coast Guard confirmed that a teenage boy drowned on the afternoon of the 17th in a structural rip current at Aronson Island in Escanaba. He was carried offshore by the rip current and then was overcome by the crashing of 3-4 foot waves.

Other notable rip current events in Michigan

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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.

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