Rip Current — Coastal Palm Beach County, Florida
December 20, 2022 · NOAA Storm Events record
Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Coastal Palm Beach County
Event narrative (NOAA)
Local media broadcasted a video from Palm Beach Fire Rescue of Ocean Rescue lifeguards pulling a man out of choppy surf at an unguarded beach between Juno Beach Park and Loggerhead Beach. The man was unconscious and taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead about an hour later.||The combination of moderate onshore winds and a NE swell led to a high risk of rip currents at the beaches of Palm Beach County.
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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.