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Rip CurrentBrevard, Florida

August 29, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
1
Property damage
Area
Brevard

Event narrative (NOAA)

Rough surf and rip currents impacted the coast. A 47 year old Kissimmee, Florida man died in the surf. The county medical examiner ruled the death a drowning and life guards attributed the drowning to rip currents.

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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 — Brevard, Florida, August 29, 2009 | DisasterAtlasUSA