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Rip currents are the greatest hazard to swimmers at surf beaches, but studies of the percentage of rescues and number of drownings attributable to rip currents have reached varying conclusions. This study uses rescue data reported to the United States Lifesaving Association by surf beach rescuers to show that rip currents are the primary cause of an average of more than 80 % of surf rescues, and to estimate that, they are the primary contributor to over 100 drowning deaths annually in the US.
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NHESS | Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
NHESS | Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 389–397, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-389-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 19, 389–397, 2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-389-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
NHESS | Articles | Volume 19, issue 2

Research article 22 Feb 2019

Research article | 22 Feb 2019

Estimations of rip current rescues and drowning in the United States

B. Chris Brewster et al.

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Rip currents are the greatest hazard to swimmers at surf beaches, but studies of the percentage of rescues and number of drownings attributable to rip currents have reached varying conclusions. This study uses rescue data reported to the United States Lifesaving Association by surf beach rescuers to show that rip currents are the primary cause of an average of more than 80 % of surf rescues, and to estimate that, they are the primary contributor to over 100 drowning deaths annually in the US.
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