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NWS Rip Current Fatalities in North Carolina 2019

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17 Fatalities in 2019:
10 Rip Currents, 2 High Surf, 3 Other/Currents, 1 Unknown

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North Carolina Surf Deaths in 2019, see list below

rip current fatality Rip Currents
high surf fatality High Surf
sneaker wave fatality location Sneaker Waves
other, longshore wave Other
other surf death Unknown

 

Rip Current
 High Surf Other Unknown
  • Atlantic Beach: 2
  • Buxton
  • Cape Hatteras: 2
  • Duck
  • Emerald Isle: 2
  • Kure Beach
  • Pine Knolls Shores
  • Topsail Beach
  • Emerald Isle: 2
  • Kure Beach
  • Oak Island, NC (shorebreak current)
  • Wrightsville Beach (inlet current)
  • Nags Head