Five people drowned in Volusia from Tropical Storm Ian. One was awaiting rescue from flood

The Medical Examiner's Office in Daytona Beach released more detailed information on deaths attributed to Tropical Storm Ian, identifying four of five victims of the storm and reporting all five deaths were caused by drowning.

According to the data released by the District 7 Medical Examiner's Office in Daytona Beach, two drownings were reported in New Smyrna Beach, one in Deltona and one in Ormond Beach. The office has not yet released the location of the fifth drowning.

The first tropical storm-related drowning occurred in Deltona early on Thursday morning when winds and rains from Tropical Storm Ian were already affecting the area, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

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Deltona man drowned trying to drain his pool

Ronald Foley, 72, of Deltona, drowned around 1 a.m. Thursday while trying to drain his pool as it filled with water from the storm, deputies said.

Foley's wife, Juanita, told deputies that her husband tried to get the excess water out the pool by draining it into the canal behind their residence. He was using a hose that was hooked to their pool pump to drain the water.

Foley's wife said she thought she heard someone yelling for help, but did not know if it was her husband because the storm was loud. When she went to the backyard to see where the call for help was coming from, she could not find her husband, according to a sheriff's office incident report.

Foley's wife said she saw a flashlight in the canal and called 911.

Deputies arriving on scene saw a faint light from the flashlight in the canal and found Foley facedown in the water. An unresponsive Foley was transported to AdventHealth Fish Memorial in Orange City where he died at 2:14 a.m. the report shows.

An initial investigation indicated Foley was using a hose to drain the pool down a hill and into a 30-foot-wide canal, where a steep decline into the water was extremely soft and slippery due to the heavy rain, said sheriff's spokesman Andrew Gant.

Taken by waves in Ormond Beach

The second drowning occurred at 11:25 a.m. Thursday in Ormond Beach, according to Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue.

Ocean Rescue patrol officers were called to the 2700 block of Atlantic Avenue where it was reported that Anita Riney, 68, of Fairdale, Kentucky, was "last seen falling in the water," according to a report from the agency.

Poor road conditions caused by Tropical Storm Ian delayed response and beach officers did not arrive on scene until 12:02 p.m., the report said.

Before beach officers arrived, Riney's family pulled her out of the water. Paramedics from Volusia County Emergency Medical Service made it to the scene, and saw Riney hanging on to the stairs of the walkover, Ocean Rescue Deputy Chief Tamra Malphurs said.

While paramedics were trying to assist Riney, a second wave washed her out to sea, Malphurs said.

While Ocean Rescue officers were searching for Riney, they were notified by dispatchers that her body was seen in the 1400 block of Atlantic Avenue.

New Smyrna Beach man among two deaths reported Thursday

Two additional drownings, the third and fourth, were reported on Thursday, according to the Medical Examiner's Office.

In one case, Robert Sansoucie, 91, of New Smyrna Beach, is identified as the victim.

In the other, a 79-year-old man drowned but his identity and the city where he lived were not released because his family has not been notified.

NSB man drowned after fall

Then on Friday, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported the fifth drowning in New Smyrna Beach.

Jerry Argo, 67, drowned on Friday when he fell and hit his head on the floor of his flooded home on Lake Drive, according to a sheriff's incident report.

Argo and his wife, Alice Argo, were on a waiting list to be evacuated as waters from heavy rains flooded their neighborhood and home, the sheriff's report said.

Alice Argo called 911 several times reporting her husband had fallen and hit his head on the floor and needed assistance. Alice Argo's last call to dispatchers stated that her husband was unresponsive and not breathing and needed help immediately, deputies wrote in the report.

At 10:30 p.m. deputies were able to make it to the home using an MRAP military-style vehicle. At the home deputies discovered that Alice Argo had been taken to a nearby shelter, the report states.

Deputies then entered the home and found Jerry Argo dead in the home, investigating deputies said.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Ian deaths in Daytona Beach area: Five drown, one awaiting rescue