Rip Current — Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
May 31, 2007 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal Palm Beach County
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 31-year-old Michigan man drowned while trying to help a friend who had been caught in a rip current. The drowning occurred at the public beach near Ocean and Atlantic Avenues in Delray Beach, after lifeguards had gone home for the day.
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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.