Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Brevard
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 52-year old woman from the State of Georgia was found floating face-down in the surf around 1500LST on January 15. She was transported to a local hospital by paramedics, was pronounced brain dead and died on January 18. Ocean Rescue reported rip currents in the area and two friends that the woman was swimming with reported that they became caught in a rip current. This rip current fatality becomes the first within east-central Florida during the month of January since records began in 1987.
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.