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Rip Current — Central Coast, Washington

July 26, 2014 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Central Coast

Event narrative (NOAA)

A group of eight people were caught in a rip current near Ocean Shores. All escaped to shore but one went back in to help others, was swept out to sea, became missing after a US Coast Guard and other authority search, and presumed dead.

Other notable rip current events in Washington

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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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