Missing Windsurfer From Space Coast Is Second Florida Death From Idalia

An unstilted home which came off its blocks sits partially submerged in a canal in Horseshoe Beach, Fla., on Sept. 1, 2023, two days after the passage of Hurricane Idalia. Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo

TITUSVILLE, Fla.—A windsurfer who went missing off Florida’s Space Coast the day that 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 on Aug. 30, the day that 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.