Rip Current in West Carteret, North Carolina

Rip Current May 14, 2019 · West Carteret, North Carolina

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two swimmers were swept out in a rip current near Oceanana Pier on Atlantic Beach Tuesday afternoon (5/14). Emergency personnel responded and pulled the victims from the water and transported them to the hospital, where they later died.

The wider storm

Two people died in a rip current.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 814162. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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