Rip Current — Coastal Miami-Dade County, Florida
May 28, 2007 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Miami-Dade County
Event narrative (NOAA)
An 18-year-old male drowned while swimming with two teenage friends along Miami Beach at 70th Street. No lifeguards were on duty at the time of the drowning around 7:30 PM EDT. The body washed ashore about 4 hours later about 5 blocks away.||The two friends were taken to the hospital and released shortly thereafter.
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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.