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June 1-7, 2014: Rip Current Awareness Week

by GLN Editor May 21, 2014November 10, 2025

More than 100 people die annually in the United States from drowning in rip currents, according to the United States Lifesaving Association, and in the past 12 years, 138 of […]

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