Rip Current — Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
March 14, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
At around 345 PM EDT, a 21-year old male British national went missing in the surf at MacArthur Beach State Park in North Palm Beach. A teenage girl who was swimming with him and was also caught in a rip current but she was rescued by two college students who swim for Florida International University. She was taken to the hospital for treatment and was reported to be breathing normally. The body of the male was discovered on Sunday at around 12:30 PM EDT by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission at the same beach.
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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.