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Rip Current — Coastal New Hanover, North Carolina

May 31, 2014 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal New Hanover

Event narrative (NOAA)

A young man who was swimming at Carolina Beach got pulled out to sea by a rip current and subsequently drowned. He was swimming between two lifeguard stands near Texas Avenue when the lifeguards saw him go underwater and not come back up.

Other notable rip current events in North Carolina

Coastal Brunswick · July 3, 20133 killedNew Hanover · September 13, 20003 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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