NOAA Storm Events · 2025

Rip Current

Direct deaths

6.0% of all recorded 2025 hazard deaths · 48 injuries

Reported property damage

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NOAA records little property damage for this hazard — its toll is in lives and health, not property. Absence of a damage figure is not absence of harm.

Reach

16 states

67 events recorded

Read this as one year, not history. These are NOAA's 2025 figures — a single, volatile year (a major event in another year would change them sharply). Deaths are NOAA "direct" deaths only — indirect deaths (e.g. a heart attack while clearing storm debris) are excluded.

Where rip current took the most lives in 2025

Highest recorded direct-death toll by state. This reflects 2025 events, not a state's standing risk.

StateDeathsProperty damage

FLORIDA 11 —

PUERTO RICO 9 —

TEXAS 3 —

NEW JERSEY 3 —

GUAM 2 —

SOUTH CAROLINA 2 —

VIRGINIA 2 —

MICHIGAN 1 —

ALABAMA 1 —

NEW HAMPSHIRE 1 —

What these figures mean

RECORDED — the death, injury, and damage counts are NOAA Storm Events records of 2025 events, summed across states.
CONTEXT — one volatile year; direct deaths only; damage is NOAA's estimate, not insured loss. Past toll is not a forecast of your risk.

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This is the past toll — not your risk

Where rip current killed people in 2025 is not where it will next, and a national count says nothing about your home. For your exposure, see your state and county risk profiles; for warnings, the National Weather Service. Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.