Rip Current in Martin, Florida
Rip Current May 26, 2008 · Martin, Florida
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Death
What the National Weather Service wrote
A 49 year old man drowned in a rip current at Hutchinson Island while rescuing his son from the rip current.
The wider storm
High pressure off the North Carolina coast produced a long period swell on the east coast of Florida. This created frequent rip currents that resulted in two fatalities and hundreds rip current rescues.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 102875. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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