Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Area
Volusia
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 17-year old boy visiting from Kentucky was swimming at an unguarded part of Daytona Beach Shores when he started to struggle after being caught in a rip current. He was rescued from the water, but was unresponsive. He was transported to a hospital, but later died on October 9, with drowning the cause of death.
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.