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According to a story in The Oregonian, an Oregon man tragically lost his life near Depoe Bay on Wednesday after being swept out to sea by a wave during an unusually high tide, known as a “king tide,” police reported.
This marks the second fatality in Oregon linked to a king tide in the past month.
The victim, identified as 45-year-old Hong B. Su of Happy Valley, was fishing on the rocks near the shoreline at Otter Crest Loop when a sudden wave pulled him into the ocean around 2 p.m., according to Oregon State Police spokesperson Kyle Kennedy.
Rescue efforts were made by the U.S. Coast
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