Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
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Area
Miami-Dade
Event narrative (NOAA)
Two brothers visiting from New York City were caught in a rip current about 150 yards offshore from an unguarded section of Sunny Isles Beach. Lifeguards arriving on the scene rescued one but the other drowned.
Other notable rip current 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.