Rip Current — Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
December 13, 2009 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal Palm Beach County
Event narrative (NOAA)
A Canadian businessman drowned at Midtown Beach on Palm Beach as a result of rip currents. The 58-year-old man was swimming about 150 yards north of the guarded beach at Midtown Beach. ||Lifeguards and Fire-Rescue personnel performed CPR on the victim, which was then taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.||Time of drowning is approximate and based on newspaper reports.
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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.