Source: CBS News
Rip currents lead to several deaths in Florida
Jun 28, 2023 · 3m 12s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZyrnTJTWzM
INCLUSION AND PREVENT DISCRIMINATION. >>> FLORIDA OFFICIALS ARE WARNING ABOUT DEADLY RIP CURRENTS AT THE STATE SPEECHES. NEARLY ONE DOZEN PEOPLE HAVE DROWNED ALONG THE GULF COURSE THIS MONTH INCLUDING FORMER QUARTERBACK BRIAN MALIK. NICOLE'S KANGA HAS MORE. >> Reporter: IT IS ANOTHER RED FLAG DAY IN PANAMA CITY BEACH. NOW THE DEADLY SPEECH IN AMERICA. SWIMMERS ARE ADVISED TO GET NO MORE THAN KNEE-DEEP AWAY FROM RIP CURRENTS.
>> THEY DECIDED NOT TO BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON. >> Reporter: IT IS A WARNING OFTEN IGNORED OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS BEACH AUTHORITIES SAY THEY HAVE RESPONDED TO MORE THN 70 RESCUE CALLS. COUNTY SHERIFF TOMMY FORD SAYS HE IS BEYOND FRUSTRATED AS DEPUTIES, FIREFIGHTERS AND LIFEGUARDS RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PULL VISITORS OUT OF THE WATER. >> WHEN THERE IS SOMEONE ON THE SHORELINE SAYING IT
IS NOT SAFE RIGHT NOW THERE IS A DANGER RIGHT HERE THAT WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT. YOU NEED TO HEED THE WARNING OF THE LIFEGUARD. MAC ALONG THE GULF COAST FROM PORT MORGAN TO PANAMA CITY BEACH FLORIDA RIP CURRENTS CLAIMED AT LEAST 11 LIVES IN 10 DAYS. ANOTHER DEATH TUESDAY, 35-YEAR- OLD FORMER NFL QUARTERBACK RYAN MALLET DIED OFF THE FLORIDA PAHANDLE. RIP CURRENTS CAN FORM
ANYWHERE IN GOOD OR BAD WEATHER. THEIR NARROW FAST-MOVING CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW AWAY FROM THE SHORE. >> IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN IT STAY CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE RIP. SWIM SIDEWAYS. DOWN CURRENT. YOU WILL LAND ON A SAND BAR OR YOU WILL BE OUT PAST THE SANDBAR AND SWIM RIGHT IN. >> NICOLE JOINED US NOW. HE SPOKE TO BEACHGOERS OUT THERE. HOW SERIOUSLY ARE THEY
TAKING THIS THREAT? >> IT DEPENDS ON WHO YOU SPEAK WITH. TODAY IS A SINGLE RED FLAG DAY, AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME HERE IN PANAMA CITY BEACH, THAT MEANS IT IS HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS OUT THERE BUT STILL A QUIET DAY AS WE WALKED AROUND THE BEACH. NOT AS MANY SWIMMERS ALTHOUGH I SWIMMERS, SOME MORE LIFEGUARD CERTIFIED, THAT SAID THEY STILL SURFED TODAY AT THEIR OWN RISK.
THEY KNOW THEIR LIMITATIONS. STILL, POLICE ISSUING SOME PRETTY STARK WARNINGS. YOU HEARD FROM THE SHERIFF SAYING THAT LIFEGUARDS, FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN RISKING LIFE AND LIMB NEEDLESSLY TO PULL PEOPLE OUT OF THE WATER. PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE NATIVE TO PANAMA CITY BEACH I SPOKE WITH ONE MOTHER KEEPING A VERY CLOSE EYE ON HER TWIN THREE-YEAR-OLD. SHE IS HERE TO ENJOY THE WATER AT ANKLE LEVEL FOR
TODAY AND POLICE CAUTIONING NOT TO GO UP PAST YOUR KNEES. ON DOUBLE RED FLAG DAYS LIKE WHAT WE SAW HERE OVER THE WEEKEND SWIMMERS AND BORDERS ARE EFFECTIVELY BANNED FROM ENTERING THE WATER. THOSE THAT IGNORE THOSE WARNINGS FACE UP TO $500 IN FINES. FOR REPEAT OFFENDERS THEY CAN ACTUALLY FACE ARREST.
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