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Rip Current in Broward County, Florida

Rip Current August 31, 2003 · Broward County, Florida

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Death
1
Injury

What the National Weather Service wrote

Strong onshore winds continued during the second day of the three-day Labor Day Weekend. Two local residents swimming in the ocean late at night were caught in a rip current. One of the women drowned. On Saturday and Sunday, August 30 and 31, more than 100 persons were rescued from rip currents along the beaches of southeast Florida.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5368513. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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