Coast Guard rescues stranded hiker near the Klamath River mouth
Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter File Photo
MCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. — The Coast Guard rescued a stranded hiker three and a half miles north of the Klamath River mouth, Sunday.
The stranded hiker contacted Del Norte County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers around 2:30 p.m., reporting that he became stranded at the bottom of a 300-foot cliff near the Klamath River mouth while hiking the Damnation...
Air Station Humboldt Bay searching for man swept out to sea by wave
USCG File PhotoMCKINLEYVILLE, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard is currently searching for a person in the Pacific Ocean waters near the Klamath River.
A man was swept out to sea by a wave after he and two friends reportedly traveled to the shoreline to take photos of the incoming tsunami waves generated by Friday’s earthquake off of the coast of Japan.
Two of the men were able to get back...
