Rip Current — Northern Houghton, Michigan
August 11, 2020 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Northern Houghton
Event narrative (NOAA)
The Houghton County Sheriff's department responded to a distress call of four people swept out by a current into Lake Superior when a sandbar collapsed at Big Traverse Beach. Several people on the beach assisted in the rescue by using inflatable tubes and were able to get all four people back to shore. One of the rescued, a 12-year-old boy from Commerce, MI, later died when he was being airlifted to the University of Michigan Children's Hospital.
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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.