YOUR DEVICES. BEACH SAFETY HAS RESCUED MORE THAN 500 SWIMMERS FROM THE OCEAN INVOLUTION COUNTY IN JUST THE LAST TWO WEEKS AND CONDITIONS GOING INTO THE WEEKEND WILL BE THE SAME. WESH 2 NEWS CLAIRE METZ JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM DAYTONA BEACH. AND CLAIRE, LIFEGUARDS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY TODAY. YEAH, IT’S REALLY BEEN THAT WAY. ONE RESCUE AFTER ANOTHER AND ONE CASE. THREE PEOPLE FROM LAKELAND WERE PULLED OUT OF THE OCEAN TO EXPECTED TO RECOVER TO BE OKAY. BUT A THIRD WAS UNRESPONSIVE. CPR STARTED. ALL ARE IN THE HOSPITAL. AND, OF COURSE, THAT’S IN ADDITION TO A DROWNING IN DAYTONA BEACH SHORES YESTERDAY. AND GOING TO HEAR. WE HAVE VERY HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS, THE WATER IS IT’S REALLY BAD OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. IT’S BEEN ROUGH SEAS ALONG THE VOLUSIA COUNTY COAST THROUGH MUCH OF MAY. AND NOW HERE WE ARE, JUNE, SAME THING. THE OCEAN FLOOR TOOK A BEATING DURING OUR HURRICANE AND WIND DRIVEN WAVES SINCE THEN HAVE CONTINUED TO POUND HOLES IN THE SANDBAR. RIP CURRENTS RUN THROUGH SWIMMERS OFTEN DON’T REALIZE WHAT THEY’RE UP AGAINST AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY’RE PULLED OUT OVER THEIR HEADS, PANICKING. WE NEED PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY COME DOWN ON THE BEACH AND SWIM IN FRONT OF A STAFF LIFEGUARD TOWER. IF YOU GET ON THE BEACH IS NOT A LIFEGUARD, FIND ONE. IN DAYTONA BEACH SHORES THURSDAY. A 76 YEAR OLD MAN FROM KENTUCKY WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN THE WATER. HE DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. UNCLEAR IF HE GOT CAUGHT IN A RIP OR HAD A MEDICAL ISSUE. BUT THREE SWIMMERS RESCUED TODAY WERE IN A RIP CURRENT AND THEY WERE NOWHERE NEAR A LIFEGUARD TOWER. THERE ARE AT LEAST 30 TOWERS STAFF TODAY, TWICE THAT OVER THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND. SO THAT’S GOOD NEWS TO KNOW. AND IN FACT, THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE ASKED TO DO. SEEK OUT ONE OF THOSE TOWERS. SO FAR TODAY, ABOUT 38 RESCUES WERE WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THOSE FOLKS FROM LAKELAND, PARTICULARLY THE MAN WHO WAS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE AT VOLUSIA COUNTY BEACHES WANTS TO REMIND EVERYONE THEY DO HAVE AN APP THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED WITH ANY SMARTPHONE. IT’S GOT REAL TIME INFORMATION. CAN TELL YOU WHAT RAMPS ARE OPEN, WHAT STAFFED LIFEGUARD TOWERS THERE ARE. IT’S REALLY SOMETHING TO TAKE WITH YOU IF YOU’VE GOT A SMART PHONE TO DOWNLOAD THAT AND BRING IT TO THE BEACH. IT’S HELPFUL IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE. WE’RE LIV
Swimmers rescued from dangerous rip currents at Daytona Beach
Updated: 10:53 PM EDT Jun 2, 2023
Volusia County Beach Safety has rescued more than 500 swimmers from the ocean in Volusia County in the last two weeks, and conditions going into the weekend will be the same.It has been one rescue after another. In one case, three people from Lakeland were pulled out of the ocean. Two are expected to be OK, but one was unresponsive, and CPR was started. That person later died after being taken to the hospital, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.That's in addition to a drowning in Daytona Beach Shores on Thursday.“We have very hazardous rip current conditions. The water is really bad out there right now,” Tammy Malphurs with the beach safety department said. It's been rough seas along the Volusia Coast through much of May, and now, here we are in June. Same thing. The ocean floor took a beating during our hurricanes, and wind-driven waves since then have continued to pound holes in the sand bar rip currents run through.Swimmers often don't realize what they are up against, and before you know it, they are pulled out, in over their heads and panicking.“We need people to make sure they come down on the beach and swim in front of a staffed lifeguard tower. If you get down on the beach, there's not a lifeguard; find one,” she said. In Daytona Beach Shores Thursday, a 76-year-old man from Kentucky was found unresponsive in the water. He died at the hospital. It is unclear if he got caught in a rip or had a medical issue, but three swimmers rescued on Friday were in a rip current, and they were nowhere near a lifeguard tower. There are at least 30 towers staffed, twice that over this upcoming weekend. Top headlines:Tropical depression forms in Gulf of MexicoFlorida high school yearbooks under review again after parents call LGBTQ+ pages 'inappropriate'Mother charged for leaving infant in hot car to go to church, Palm Bay police say
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Volusia County Beach Safety has rescued more than 500 swimmers from the ocean in Volusia County in the last two weeks, and conditions going into the weekend will be the same.
It has been one rescue after another. In one case, three people from Lakeland were pulled out of the ocean. Two are expected to be OK, but one was unresponsive, and CPR was started. That person later died after being taken to the hospital, according to Volusia County Beach Safety.
That's in addition to a drowning in Daytona Beach Shores on Thursday.
“We have very hazardous rip current conditions. The water is really bad out there right now,” Tammy Malphurs with the beach safety department said.
It's been rough seas along the Volusia Coast through much of May, and now, here we are in June. Same thing. The ocean floor took a beating during our hurricanes, and wind-driven waves since then have continued to pound holes in the sand bar rip currents run through.
Swimmers often don't realize what they are up against, and before you know it, they are pulled out, in over their heads and panicking.
“We need people to make sure they come down on the beach and swim in front of a staffed lifeguard tower. If you get down on the beach, there's not a lifeguard; find one,” she said.
In Daytona Beach Shores Thursday, a 76-year-old man from Kentucky was found unresponsive in the water. He died at the hospital. It is unclear if he got caught in a rip or had a medical issue, but three swimmers rescued on Friday were in a rip current, and they were nowhere near a lifeguard tower. There are at least 30 towers staffed, twice that over this upcoming weekend.
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