The body of a 7-year-old girl was recovered Sunday from the Pacific Ocean off California, bringing sad closure to a family swept away by a rogue wave off Big Sur two days earlier.

A courageous Canadian father drowned attempting to save his 5-year-old daughter who was swept out to sea during California’s catastrophic flash flooding.

A father was killed and his five-year-old daughter is missing after being swept out to sea by rough surf in Big Sur. The search for the missing girl has now turned into a recovery effort, according to officials.

A record-shattering Pacific storm in 2024 unleashed waves so massive they were visible from space. In December 2024, a massive Pacific storm generated oceanic waves of unprecedented scale, with orbiting satellites documenting swells that represent the largest ever recorded from space.