Florida Dominates New Ranking Of Most Dangerous Beaches In America NewsRadio WFLA

Florida NewsBy Larry SpilmanA new study ranks the nation's top 10 most dangerous beaches and seven of them are in Florida. New Smyrna Beach topped ...

February 3, 2023
2:12 AM

Florida NewsBy Larry SpilmanA new study ranks the nation's top 10 most dangerous beaches and seven of them are in Florida. New Smyrna Beach topped the list compiled by researchers at Travel Lens. The ranking considered the number of surf zone fatalities since 2010, the number of shark attacks since 2010 and the number of hurricanes between 1851 and 2020. Cocoa Beach came in second, Ormond Beach third and Panama City Beach was fourth. New Smyrna Beach compiled a 'danger score' of 8.14, Cocoa Beach's danger score was 7.

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