Event narrative (NOAA)
A 43-year-old Tennessee man swimming in the ocean was caught in a rip current and drowned. The incident occurred near the intersection of State Road A1A and Rockefeller Drive in Ormond Beach, in an area of the beach where lifeguards were not staffed. A bystander alerted Volusia County Beach Rescue officials who responded and pulled the man from the water. First responders performed CPR, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene. Volusia County Beach Rescue reported there were 56 rescues on Sunday October 13, with several near-drowning victims who received medical attention and survived.
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.