California rivers fed by winter’s massive Sierra Nevada snowpack have been turned into cold and deadly torrents, drawing warnings from officials ahead of the Memorial Day weekend's traditional start of outdoor summer recreation
FILE - Fresno County Sheriff's Office search and rescue team members return upriver to a boat launch near the Pine Flat Dam near Sanger, Calif., after reports that a boy's body had been recovered on the Kings River, May 22, 2023. California rivers fed by winter's massive Sierra Nevada snowpack have been turned into deadly torrents, drawing warnings from public safety officials ahead of the Memorial Day weekend and the traditional start of outdoor summer recreation. SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Memorial Day weekend is typically one of the busiest, if not the busiest, times of the year, and “floating down the American River is like a quintessential Sacramento activity,” said Ken Casparis, spokesperson for Sacramento County regional parks. about conditions they might encounter, including fast-moving water, following months of severe weather.this past winter buried the Sierra range in deep snow that is now melting, swelling Central Valley rivers that just months ago were running low because of years of extreme drought.
The fatal accident occurred even though both the Kings and San Joaquin Rivers have been ordered closed to recreational users since March 14.
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