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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

Rip currents in Panama City, Florida claim four lives in 48 hours

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Four people drowned in just 48 hours in rip currents in Panama City, Florida, a startling rate that reminds beachgoers of the city’s deadly rip current record.

Three men from Birmingham, Alabama — Harold Denzel Hunter, 25, Jemonda Ray, 24, and Marius Richardson, 24 — were pronounced dead on Friday evening after they were caught in a rip current at the Florida beach, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a statement.

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