Waterways still dangerously cold despite warm weather across Central California

MADERA COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Authorities are continuing to accent the value of h2o information aft 2 radical drowned successful a Madera County creek.

"Water that is coming from precise precocious elevations, it is moving rather cold. Our latest h2o temperatures, and the foothills, and the Sierra, and up towards Yosemite nationalist Park are moving astir 50 to 60 degrees," said National Weather Service Meteorologist, Stephen McCoy.

On Wednesday, 2 radical from Madera County drowned astatine Angel Falls.

The Madera County sheriff's hunt and rescue squad recovered the bodies of the antheral and pistillate aft a frantic 911 telephone sparked the search.

It's unclear precisely however they ended up successful the water, but the nationalist upwind work says it doesn't instrumentality agelong for the frigid temperatures successful creeks similar this 1 to instrumentality a toll.

"It tin beryllium 10 to 15 minutes earlier you person nonaccomplishment of dexterity, thing nether 50 tin beryllium nether 5 minutes. So erstwhile you get into these waters, you tin suffer your dexterity, adjacent for the strongest summer, precise quickly."

Right now, rocks on Willow Creek and akin waterways are besides precise slippery. That's wherefore it's captious to beryllium prepared earlier heading retired connected a hike.

"So this is similar a bully brace of hiking boots, if you're going backpacking - you person the due ankle enactment here, truly bully traction connected the basal of these shoes," said Travis Shakta with Alpenglow Gear Co.

Travis Shatka owns Alpenglow Gear Company successful Oakhurst connected the mode to the falls and Yosemite.

He says what you wear, from caput to toed is imperative erstwhile taking to trails.

"It beryllium large to transportation a headlamp. It mightiness get dark, you mightiness get lost, a representation of the area. Your telephone isn't ever going to enactment oregon possibly you suffer it oregon driblet it successful the river, hydration is precise cardinal for each of these issues," said Shatka.

Shatka is simply a hiker and climber himself.

He says helium was heartbroken to perceive astir the incidental astatine Angel falls, and adds watercourse information starts earlier you get to the foothills.

"Nature is precise dangerous, and being prepared, and having the close mindset, is really arsenic important as, bringing the close gear," said Shatka.

The 2 victims person not been identified.

They are the archetypal drowning victims the sheriff's bureau has responded to this year, and authorities anticipation they volition beryllium the last.

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