SANGER, Calif. (AP) - The Fresno County's Sheriff Office said the body of a 4-year-old boy has been recovered after he got swept away in a river.
Authorities said an 8-year-old girl died and the boy went missing Sunday after the two children were swept away in a central California river swollen from rapidly melting mountain snows.Deputies responded around 2 p.m.
following a report of children missing in the Kings River near Pine Flat Dam, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Office.About an hour later, deputies found the body of the little girl, officials said.
They did not immediately say how the child died.RELATED: Body of 2nd missing boy found in Hudson River, days after other remains were foundAuthorities have warned people to exercise caution along rivers where high water levels and stronger flows are creating dangerous conditions."Last winter’s heavy snowpack is melting down into our rivers, and the water is colder (45 degrees), stronger and higher — it will remain that way for at least the next month, possibly longer," the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement last week.