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Rip CurrentCoastal Palm Beach County, Florida

May 30, 2007 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
Area
Coastal Palm Beach County

Event narrative (NOAA)

A 56-year-old Slovakian man visiting on business drowned at the beach behind The Breakers in Palm Beach. Hotel lifeguards pulled the man out of the water but could not revive him.

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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 30, 2007 | DisasterAtlasUSA