Panama City Beach sees spike in beach fatalities with three deaths in one day.

Three more tourists died after swimming in the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend under dangerous surf conditions in Panama City Beach, bringing the total number of fatalities to seven within nine days. All of the victims were tourists who died after grappling with rip currents, and in every instance but one, double red flags were posted, meaning the gulf was closed to swimmers. The city lists them as "fatal water incidents" because officials have said it is not known whether the victims drowned or had another medical emergency in the water.