The Nation - News from June 8, 1986
Boaters stayed on shore but surfers were out in force as Tropical Storm Andrew, the first of the 1986 hurricane season, brought wind, waves and rain to North Carolina’s coast. A strong surf took the life of a Maryland woman who was swept out to sea in an undertow while swimming near the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry terminal, Hyde County Deputy Eugene M. Jackson said. The storm, which contributed to 40 flooding deaths in the Caribbean, posed little further threat to land as it moved out to sea.
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