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Rip Current January 14, 2016 · San Juan and Vicinity, Puerto Rico
What the National Weather Service wrote
Three tourists were carried away by a strong rip currents on Thursday afternoon. Based on information received from emergency managers and local newspapers, a 72 years old tourist drowned while the two others were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and Marine Search and Rescue Unit of PR.
The wider storm
High rip current risk was in effect for north and northeast facing beaches of Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 614502. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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