Rip Current — Coastal Broward, Florida
December 31, 2006 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
8
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal Broward
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 62-year-old man drowned after getting caught in a rip current at an unguarded beach in the 3400 block of Galt Ocean Drive on Fort Lauderdale Beach. The man was a part-time resident of South Florida who also had a residence in New York.|Southeast Florida Ocean Rescue agencies performed dozens of rescues over New Years weekend as a result of the strong rip currents observed along the Atlantic beaches. Several of the rescued swimmers required medical attention.
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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.