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Rip Current — Coastal Chatham, Georgia

September 27, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
3
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Chatham

Event narrative (NOAA)

Chatham County Emergency Management reported that rip currents in the waters off of Tybee Island caused 3 fatalities and 2 injuries in a group of people during a religious celebration. First responders on the scene pulled 5 people out of the water and rushed 4 of them to Memorial University Medical Center. Two of those pulled from the water were pronounced dead at the hospital and crews searched area waters for a third person for 2 days following the event. This person was never found and was presumed deceased.

Other notable rip current events in Georgia

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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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