Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Inland Miami-Dade
Event narrative (NOAA)
Broadcast media reported the death of a 30-year-old agricultural worker found under a tree at his worksite in Homestead. Information from the county medical examiner's office indicates that heat exposure was a likely contributing factor, along with other complicating factors. ||A Heat Advisory was in effect for all of South Florida, with heat index values of 105 to 109 degrees.
Other notable heat events in Florida
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.