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Strong Wind — Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore, California
December 31, 2018 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Magnitude
35 MG
Area
Coastal North Bay Including Point Reyes National Seashore
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two people in their 40s were on a row boat on Richardson Bay during a gale warning when both fell out of the boat, possibly from waves. They were both brought to the hospital where the woman suffered from hypothermia but survived and the man was pronounced dead at the hospital. Neither were wearing a life jacket https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/One-man-dead-in-Richardson-Bay-boat-accident-13501280.php.
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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.