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The hurricane will bring a high risk of life-threatening rip currents and high surf with big breaking waves along Gulf Coast beaches from Corpus Christi to southward along the Florida peninsula ...
At least six people have died recently from rip currents in Florida. Here are some life-saving tips: What is a rip current? How to survive if caught in one.
Deadly rip currents are to blame for a dozen apparent drownings over the past two weeks on Florida's Panhandle, where there aren't enough lifeguards to keep beachgoers from venturing out into the ...
Rip currents and high seas killed three people in the state. [83] [84] September 8 – As Hurricane Ike moved through Cuba, its outer bands dropped heavy rainfall in South Florida, and spawned two tornadoes in the Upper Florida Keys. [85] November 14 – The remnants of Hurricane Paloma brought heavy rainfall to the Florida panhandle. [86]
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three Alabama men who went for an evening swim shortly after arriving at a Florida Panhandle beach were caught in a rip current and died, authorities say. It was the latest in a rash of recent deaths in Florida waters after a Pennsylvania couple drowned off the state's southeast coast, authorities said
NEXRAD imagery of Tropical Storm Beryl making landfall in Florida on August 16. Along the coast of the Florida Panhandle, tides ranging from 3 to 5 ft (0.91 to 1.52 m) above normal were reported. [20] Two people drowned due to rip currents produced by Beryl. Several moored boats were damaged, while three people on a fishing boat offshore were ...
Hurricane-force winds and storm surge of up to 16 feet (4.9 m) across the panhandle destroy 500 small businesses and damage or destroy 8,000 houses. Damage in the state totals $100 million (1975 USD, $400 million 2008 USD). [4] October 1, 1975- A tropical depression hits the western Florida Panhandle, though its effects, if any, are unknown. [5]
Six people drowned in rip currents over a recent two-day period in Florida, including a couple vacationing on Hutchinson Island from Pennsylvania with their six children and three young men on a ...