The Dexes / Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge / 720244
Eventdex · Coastal Flood, High Surf & Storm Surge
BREVARD
720244
The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Rip Current |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 720,244 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 120,208 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2017-10-14T13:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2017-10-14T23:00:00+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 man attempted to rescue another man who he witnessed struggling in the surf at Melbourne Beach. The man attempting the rescue apparently suffered a heart attack while fighting a rip current and later died after being transported to a local hospital. The person who was initially struggling in the surf later returned to shore and refused hospital transportation. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Around 1745LST, a 65-year old man who was on land observed a man struggling in the ocean at Spessard Holland Park in Melbourne Beach and two others who were attempting to rescue him. When the two would-be rescuers returned to shore, the 65-year old man went into the surf to attempt a rescue. He then also began to struggle against a rip current and eventually was pulled from the surf with no heartbeat. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died the following day. An autopsy indicated that he died of a heart attack, but since it occurred during the time he was struggling against a rip current, the event has been listed as a rip current fatality in Storm Data. The original rip current victim was eventually rescued and refused transportation to the hospital. |
| Yearyear | 2,017 |
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