SEATTLE (AP) — Several people have drowned or been reported missing after swimming in Pacific Northwest bodies of water during the record-breaking heat wave in the past few days. A Port Orchard, Washington man is believed to have drowned in Horseshoe Lake on Key Peninsula Monday. Also on Monday, rescuers recovered the body of a 4-year-old boy from the Skykomish River in King County. In Oregon, authorities say a Salem woman died Monday after getting caught in a rip current in Lincoln City. Klamath County sheriff’s deputies said a 77-year-old Rogue River man drowned Saturday at Crescent Lake. On Wednesday the search for a man who disappeared in Sandy River became a recovery mission.
Several drownings reported during Northwest heat wave
