Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Martin
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 16-year-old boy from Port St. Lucie drowned after being pulled seaward by a strong rip current and disappeared from view. A sheriffs office helicopter and water and boat patrol crews found the boy and returned him to shore. Rescuers performed CPR and then transported him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. The death was a result of 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.