Rip Current — Coastal Volusia County, Florida
July 6, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal Volusia County
Event narrative (NOAA)
Multiple media sources reported a 30-year old Georgia man drowned after being caught in a rip current, south of Cardinal Avenue in Ormond Beach. An off-duty lifeguard was in the area and pulled the man from the Alantic. Another woman who was trapped in the rip current was rescued.
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.