Hurricane (Typhoon) in Coastal Palm Beach, Florida

Hurricane Bertha, after reaching category three intensity north of Puerto Rico, weakened slightly then turned northward on July 10 about 300 miles offshore the southeast Florida coast. The direct effects of Bertha remained well offshore in the Atlantic, but a few swells moved into Palm Beach County coastal waters on July 10, and more frequent swells moved into Palm Beach, Broward, and Dade coastal sections July 11 through July 13, when Bertha was far to the northeast. In separate incidents, two persons drowned in rip currents generated by Bertha's swells along unguarded sections of Miami Beach on Saturday, July 13. The beach patrols in all three counties made dozens of rescues from rip currents during the period.