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Rip Current — Miami-Dade, Florida

May 12, 2002 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Miami-Dade

Event narrative (NOAA)

A man drowned in a rip current at an unguarded section of Miami Beach near 44 Street and Collins Avenue. During the afternoon when winds were east at 15 to 20 mph more than 50 people had to be rescued from rip currents along the ocean beaches of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Other notable rip current events in Florida

Walton · June 8, 20036 killedCoastal Bay · June 24, 20233 killedCoastal Bay · June 21, 20243 killedEscambia · June 4, 20002 killedHillsborough · August 23, 19982 killedLee · March 28, 19972 killed

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.

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