Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Volusia
Event narrative (NOAA)
Local broadcast media and Volusia County Beach Safety officials reported that a 53-year-old woman from Pennsylvania drowned after being caught in a rip current near the 180th block of South Atlantic Avenue in Ormond Beach. Several bystanders noticed the woman unresponsive in the water and went into the surf to pull her out. Beach safety officials arrived and performed CPR. The woman was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
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.