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Rip Current in Coastal Miami-dade County, Florida
Rip Current May 28, 2007 · Coastal Miami-dade County, Florida
What the National Weather Service wrote
An 18-year-old male drowned while swimming with two teenage friends along Miami Beach at 70th Street. No lifeguards were on duty at the time of the drowning around 7:30 PM EDT. The body washed ashore about 4 hours later about 5 blocks away.
The two friends were taken to the hospital and released shortly thereafter.
The wider storm
Three people drowned at southeast Florida beaches over the Memorial Day weekend as a result of rip currents. East winds of 15 to 20 mph persisted for several days and caused favorable conditions for numerous rip currents.
A total of 30 rescues were performed along Palm Beach County beaches alone, with many more likely to have occurred across all of southeast Florida.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 35456. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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