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Rip Current in Coastal Miami-dade County, Florida
Rip Current April 5, 2025 · Coastal Miami-dade County, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
Broadcast media reported that five people were rescued by Miami Beach Fire Rescue and off-duty ocean rescue personnel after being caught in strong rip currents at Miami Beach. All five people were attended to on-scene and did not require hospitalization.
The wider storm
Surface high pressure over South Florida, with tight pressure gradients, kept the area under a easterly breezy wind regime. This brought gusty onshore winds to the coast of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, which led to strong rip currents on April 5.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1245341. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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