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Rip Current in Coastal New Hanover, North Carolina
Rip Current May 21, 2026 · Coastal New Hanover, North Carolina
What the National Weather Service wrote
Wrightsville Beach Ocean Rescue performed a four person rip current rescue Thursday evening. One woman pulled from the water was not breathing and was able to be resuscitated. They recovered in the hospital over the next couple of days.
The wider storm
Multiple people were caught in a rip current at Wrightsville Beach in the evening, leading to one non-fatal drowning.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1328597. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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