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19-year-old missing after swimming in California river during heat wave

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23.03.2026

The Truckee River near the border of Nevada and California.

A search took place in Nevada County for a 19-year-old who went missing while swimming in the Truckee River on Saturday, officials announced. 

At about 3 p.m., the man did not resurface after going underwater, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office wrote on social media Sunday. He was swimming in the river near the town of Floriston while visiting the area with friends. The group was not from the area, according to the sheriff’s office. Floriston is about 13 miles east of Truckee, near the Nevada........

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