Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Volusia
Event narrative (NOAA)
Four people were pulled seaward within a strong rip current at New Smyrna Beach. Life Guards rescued them, but one person was floating unconscious and unresponsive when contact was made. Fire Rescue personnel performed life-saving efforts on the 64-year old man from the nearby town of Edgewater before he was taken to a hospital, where he died. The incident occurred in unguarded water about 300 yards south of an open life guard tower.
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.