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Authorities are using boats to patrol the ocean and warning swimmers about sharks this weekend along Florida's Gulf Coast, where a woman and two teenage girls were hurt in two separate shark ...
According to Simmrin's data, there have been 185 shark attacks at the beach, a fact that is not lost on the locals; visitors can purchase "shark bite capital of the world" shirts at beachside ...
The first attack happened Friday afternoon when a woman was bitten by a shark near WaterSound Beach, the Walton County Sheriff's Office said. She had critical injuries on her hip and lower left arm and was flown to a trauma center, authorities said. Less than two hours later, firefighters responded to another beach about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers ...
13. Atlantic Beach. Location: Atlantic Beach, Florida Despite a reasonably low crime rate, Atlantic Beach’s waters are not the safest. The beach scores 66.2 on a 100-point scale for water pollution.
This may be the deepest shark attack on record. [87] Billy Horne, 10: July 2, 1974: Oceanic whitetip shark: While adrift after the yacht he was in caught on fire and sank, Horne was killed by a shark in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. John Carter, 17: July 20, 1974: Unconfirmed
Authorities are using boats to patrol the ocean and warning swimmers about sharks this weekend along Florida's Gulf Coast, where a woman and two teenage girls were hurt in two separate shark attacks on Friday. The attacks off beaches in the Florida Panhandle led authorities to temporarily close several beaches to swimmers on Friday.
The data included drownings, shark attacks and hurricanes.
Since 2010, Fort Lauderdale recorded three surf zone fatalities and two shark attacks since 2010, the report said. The beach also has been affected by 120 hurricanes from 1851 to 2020.