Rip Current — Coastal Broward, Florida
August 6, 2006 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Broward
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 50-year-old man drowned after getting caught in a rip current at a beach near 4050 N. Ocean Drive in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea. The man, a tourist from Iowa, was swimming at an unguarded beach.
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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.