The Dexes / Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge / 668998
Eventdex · Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge
BREVARD
668998
The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Rip Current |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 668,998 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 112,201 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2017-01-15T20:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2017-01-15T20:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | FLORIDA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | BREVARD |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 1 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Newspaper |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A female tourist was found floating face-down in the surf at Melbourne Beach after entering the ocean to swim. She was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced brain dead, and died several days later. Strong rip currents were present on the day of the incident and two friends who were in the surf with her reported that they became caught in a rip current. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | A 52-year old woman from the State of Georgia was found floating face-down in the surf around 1500LST on January 15. She was transported to a local hospital by paramedics, was pronounced brain dead and died on January 18. Ocean Rescue reported rip currents in the area and two friends that the woman was swimming with reported that they became caught in a rip current. This rip current fatality becomes the first within east-central Florida during the month of January since records began in 1987. |
| Yearyear | 2,017 |
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