Rip Current — Coastal Volusia County, Florida
July 11, 2018 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
At 1300LST a 61-year-old man from Michigan was unresponsive when life guards pulled him from the water near the 1700 block of A1A and North Shore Boulevard in Ormond-By-The-Sea. The life guards performed CPR on the man before he was transported to a local hospital, where he later died of drowning. According to Volusia County Ocean Rescue, over 140 people were rescued from rip currents in a two day period covering July 10-11. Strong rip currents were occurring due to large swells generated from Hurricane Chris located well to the north, offshore the eastern seaboard.
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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.