Missing Windsurfer From Space Coast Is Second Florida Death From Idalia

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2023-09-06 21:08:40  • 1 min

TITUSVILLE, Fla. (AP) A windsurfer who went missing off Florida's Space Coast the day after Hurricane Idalia made landfall last week has been declared the state's second death from the Category 3 storm, officials said Wednesday.

The 60-year-old man went missing while windsurfing in the Banana River last Thursday, a day after Idalia made landfall with 125 mph (201 kph) winds across the state in Florida's remote Big Bend region, according to the Brevard County Sheriff's Office.

The other Idalia-related death in Florida confirmed by the states 25 local district medical examiners was in Gainesville, but officials didn't release details.

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