Rip Current in Washington, Rhode Island

Rip Current July 27, 2023 · Washington, Rhode Island

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Fifteen year old Jaimer Ico Gregorio from New London, Connecticut, was with his family at Dunes Park Beach in Westerly, Rhode Island, Thursday night when he went under the water and never resurfaced. There were no lifeguards on duty at the time. A search was launched on the evening of the 27th but his body was not recovered until the evening of Sunday the 30th.

The wider storm

A potent mid level shortwave moved in from the Great Lakes bringing widespread wind damage.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1147469. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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