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A second man has died as a result of heavy flooding in Scotland after he fell from a canoe into a rapid-flowing river. | A second man has died as a result of heavy flooding in Scotland after he fell from a canoe into a rapid-flowing river. |
Police confirmed the man died after being airlifted to hospital from the river Garry in the Highlands, as Storm Frank battered the region. | Police confirmed the man died after being airlifted to hospital from the river Garry in the Highlands, as Storm Frank battered the region. |
The 36-year-old fell into the river near Invergarry on Thursday afternoon and was swept downstream before a Royal Navy helicopter was able to airlift him to Raigmore hospital in Inverness. | The 36-year-old fell into the river near Invergarry on Thursday afternoon and was swept downstream before a Royal Navy helicopter was able to airlift him to Raigmore hospital in Inverness. |
An 18-year-old man who fell from the same canoe managed to get to shore, and has since been discharged from hospital. | An 18-year-old man who fell from the same canoe managed to get to shore, and has since been discharged from hospital. |
The death comes after Police Scotland recovered the body of a kayaker on Thursday. The man, believed to be in his 50s, had been missing since he got into difficulties on the Findhorn river near Inverness on Wednesday afternoon. | |
Emergency services were called to an area known as Elephant Rock, having been alerted to a kayaker struggling to navigate the swollen river, but a coastguard search had to be called off as weather conditions worsened. Police recovered the man’s body from the river at 9am on Thursday. | |
Five flood warnings remained in place across Scotland on Friday morning, down from nearly 100 on Wednesday evening. Scotland bore the brunt of the latest deluge with homes in the worst-affected areas in Dumfries and Galloway and Aberdeenshire evacuated and hundreds of people left without power. | Five flood warnings remained in place across Scotland on Friday morning, down from nearly 100 on Wednesday evening. Scotland bore the brunt of the latest deluge with homes in the worst-affected areas in Dumfries and Galloway and Aberdeenshire evacuated and hundreds of people left without power. |