Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Cameron
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 44 year old man visiting from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico was found face down in the surf just north of the Los Corales Condominiums north of Andy Bowie Park (8500 block of Padre Boulevard), near Public Beach Access Point 5. After attempts to revive the man were unsuccessful, he was pronounced dead either en route or after arrival at Valley Baptist Hospital in Harlingen.
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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.