Man drowns in flood waters

FERNDALE (KIEM)- A Ferndale man was swept away by floodwaters and died trying to get to his home where three children were trapped.

According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s office, the man was trying to walk from a barn to his home in five feet of water Wednesday evening.

Two adults and a child tried to rescue the man but their tractor stalled in the fast moving current.

Deputies rescued them and the three children from the home located on the 800 block of Sage Road.  The missing man’s body was located Thursday morning. He was the father of a 12 year-old trapped in the home with two younger children.

The Coast Guard was also called to the scene but due to dangerous conditions, the search was called off at around 11 Wednesday night.

A Gofundme page has been established for the drowning victim.