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Rip CurrentCoastal Palm Beach County, Florida

May 27, 2007 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
Area
Coastal Palm Beach County

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 32-year old man drowned trying to save a girl caught in a rip current at the beach behind the Four Seasons hotel in Palm Beach. His friend, a 31-year-old man, was rescued and taken to the hospital.||No lifeguards are stationed at the 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.

Rip Current — Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida, May 27, 2007 | DisasterAtlasUSA