Rip Current — Coastal Broward County, Florida
February 8, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
2
Property damage
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Area
Coastal Broward County
Event narrative (NOAA)
Broadcast media reported that 3 swimmers were transported to the hospital after becoming caught in a rip current near the 800 block of South Seabreeze Boulevard/A1A on Fort Lauderdale Beach at around 6:20 PM. One swimmer, a 21-year-old male, went into cardiac arrest at the hospital and passed away 4 days later, while the other two were released from the hospital the same day.||Lifeguards had just left their stations for the day about 30 minutes prior to the incident.
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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.