AdvertisementAn unusually high number of whales are washing up on U.S. beachesFebruary 05, 2023Bill ChappellfacebookEmailPeople look at a dead gray whale at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, Calif., in May 2019, a year when 122 gray whales died in the U.S., according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Last year, 47 of the whales died. (Getty Images)