Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Ontonagon
Event narrative (NOAA)
A seven year-old boy drowned in Misery Bay near the boat launch on the afternoon of the 28th. Deputies from the Ontonagon County Sheriff's office were called to the scene just after 5 pm EDT, and when search and rescue crews and volunteers found the missing boy in the water they began CPR. The boy was taken to UP Health System-Portage where he was pronounced dead. While it is not certain, it is likely that currents |(including rip currents) played a role in the drowning death.
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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.