Rip Current · American Samoa

Rip Current September 28, 2020 · Tutuila, American Samoa

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

NWS Employee from the village of Amouli and friend of one of the fishermen who lost his life reported the tragic event. Strong rip currents swept two fishermen at the edge of the reef when surfs were transitioning from high to low tide.

The wider storm

Though no advisories or swells were in the area, strong rip currents took the lives of two fishermen in the village of Amouli.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 920098. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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