Cool Temps Result In 37% Decline In Ocean Rescues So Far This Summer

OCEAN CITY -- After six drowning deaths during the month of July in waterways across Maryland, state officials this week issued a dire warning to swimmers to exercise caution, but a variety of factors including cool ocean water temperatures and the lack of rip currents have kept Ocean City conspicuously absent from the list of fatal incidents.

The tragic drowning of a 25-year-old Delaware man in the Susquehanna River last weekend was the sixth in Maryland during the month of July and the 12thoverall for the year to date, doubling the number over the same period last year. However, despite the hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors enjoying the ocean and back bays in the resort, Ocean City has not seen a single drowning accident this season.
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