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Rip Current in Coastal Miami-dade County, Florida
Rip Current August 18, 2013 · Coastal Miami-dade County, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
Strong rip currents occurred during the day along the Atlantic beaches with about 50 rescues reported by Miami Beach Ocean Rescue. An elderly man and woman were pulled from the water by Ocean Rescue lifeguards at Allison Park near 64th Street and Collins Avenue. They were rushed to Mt. Sinai Medical Center but doctors were unable to save them.
The wider storm
The northern extent of a weak tropical wave over the northwest Bahamas produced breezy onshore winds along the southeast Florida coast with dangerous rip currents at the beaches.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 470222. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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