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A horrific accident involving rip tides in Florida, took the lives of a Pennsylvania couple while on vacation with their six children. The fatality statistics from rip tides is actually significant.
Preliminary Hazardous Weather Statistics for 2023
Public data access, with event-specific information, is made available by the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information using the Storm Events Database.
Surprisingly of all the weather fatalities the second highest is RIP CURRENTS!
Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics
Florida Rip Current Kills Pennsylvania Parents | Weather.com
According to the National Weather Service a Rip Current is:
A relatively small-scale surf-zone current moving away from the beach. Rip currents form as waves disperse along the beach causing water to become trapped between the beach and a sandbar or other underwater feature. The water converges into a narrow, river-like channel moving away from the shore at high speed.
The National Weather Service Los Angeles Surf Forecast is available online:
- Malibu Coast - Moderate rip current risk through Tuesday
- Ventura Couty Beaches - Moderate rip current risk through Tuesday
- Santa Barbara County Southwestern Coast - Low rip current through Tuesday
* Low Risk - Life threatening rip currents are unlikely but still could occur.
* Moderate Risk - Life threatening rip currents are possible.
* High Risk - Life threatening rip currents are
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