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Rip Current in Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
Rip Current September 6, 2020 · Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
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Death
What the National Weather Service wrote
Hispanic male drowned around 4 pm between the 43rd-47th Street rock groins along the Seawall in Galveston. He and his teenage daughter were swimming far from shore (she was rescued by a surfer and lifeguard).
The wider storm
Two swimmers drowned when swimming off Galveston beaches over Labor Day weekend.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 909474. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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