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The Dexes / Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge / 682599

Eventdex · Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge

GUAM

682599

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Event typeevent_typeHigh Surf
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id682,599
Episode IDepisode_id113,976
Begin UTCbegin_utc2017-01-16T14:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2017-01-17T14:00:00+00:00
StatestateGUAM
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameGUAM
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct1
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property1.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceNewspaper
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeNorth swell caused the capsizing of a canoe at Gaum.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeJust after 6 p.m. six people on an outrigger canoe were trying to exit the Agana Boat Basin through the channel. As they attempted this maneuver they were hit by large swells. These swells caused the canoe to overturn and people were thrown into the water. ||Guam Fire Department Search and Rescue personnel and local surfers came to the aid of paddlers who were in distress after the canoe overturned. Guam Fire Department (GFD) responded to the overturned canoe at 6:25 pm. The Fire Department rescued two men and a woman with their boat and transported them to shore. The other three men made it back to shore safely on their own. He added that one patient [the woman] was treated for scrapes and abrasions on the scene. ||Guam was under a high surf advisory and a small craft advisory at the time. A automated buoy located to the northwest of Guam, the Ritidian Buoy, recorded a large (max) wave of near 15 feet between 5:57 and 6:27 p.m. local time. The same buoy recorded increasing north swell through the day. The Boat Basin exits to the north and the waves do increase in this location as there are shallow areas and a slight constriction.
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