One day after 12-year-old’s drowning, rip current risks remain high

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – One time aft a 12-year-old lad died swimming disconnected Fort Lauderdale Beach, beardown rip existent risks remained precocious Saturday.

Red flags lined lifeguard towers on the beach.

On Friday, the boy, who was visiting from Lake Worth with the Team Jordan Basketball Club, was swimming with a radical erstwhile the h2o got “rough” and lifeguards intervened, according to a teammate’s parent. Divers would aboriginal find his body.

“I’m surprised,” beachgoer Joey Benoit said Saturday. “I’m from San Diego and expected it to beryllium calm and it’s, yeah, a lot.”

Lifeguards posted no-swimming signs on the 800 artifact of Seabreeze Boulevard amid the choppy winds and unsmooth h2o conditions.

Rough conditions are expected to proceed done Monday.