Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Volusia
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 17 year old boy from Avon Park, Florida was swimming in the ocean with three others at an unguarded beach off Bethune Beach Park in New Smyrna Beach during a period of enhanced rip currents. Three of the swimmers were rescued, but the body of the fourth swimmer was recovered from the surf a few hours later. The medical examiner classified the death as a drowning.
Other notable rip current events in Florida
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.