Rip Current — Southern Queens, New York
June 17, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two beachgoers fatally drowned at unguarded areas of Rockaway Beach on Friday June 17th. Law enforcement reported that the first victim, a 16-year-old girl, was pulled out of the water off the intersection of Beach 108th Street and Shore Front Parkway. Simultaneously, police reported first responders got the second victim, a man in his late teens or early 20s, who drowned in the waters off Beach 98th Street ��� ten blocks to the east of the first fatal drowning. Both victims were rushed to St. John���s Episcopal Hospital, where they died, police sources said. The two victims were among five people pulled out of the waters off Rockaway Beach on the same day, the other three distressed victims survived.
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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.