Mpumalanga man's body retrieved from river after tropical storm Eloise
Police divers along with rescue operators from Rescue SA and Off Road Rescue Unit have recovered the body of a man swept away in flood waters in Mpumalanga.
Search and rescue teams retrieve the body of a man, on January 26 2021, on the Blyde River near Pilgrims Rest, Mpumalanga, after a two day search. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
Police divers along with rescue operators from Rescue SA and the Off Road Rescue Unit have recovered the body of a man swept away in flood waters in Mpumalanga.
For the past two days residents of the province, along with Limpopo, have endured torrential downpours during tropical storm Eloise, which have damaged houses, seen large sections of the N4 near Nelspruit washed away and caused landslides.
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Rescue teams prepare to search for the body of a man who washed away in floods on January 26 near Pilgrim's Rest in Mpumalanga. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
Rescue teams gear up before beginning the search for the body of a man that washed away In floods, 26 January 2021, near Pilgrims rest in Mpumalanga following Cyclone Eloise. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
Rescue specialist Travis Trower looks on as rescue team members hike through dense bush. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
Technical rescue specialist Connor Hartnady directs the team through dense bush during the search for the body of a man that washed away In floods following Cyclone Eloise. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
Rescue team members enter the Blyde River, 26 January 2021, near Pilgrims rest in Mpumalanga during a search for the body of a man that washed away In floods following Cyclone Eloise. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
Rescue SA volunteer Connor Hartnady swims through rapids in the Blyde River during the search for the body of a man washed away by floods after storm Eloise. The body was found shortly after this photograph was taken. File photo. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
Technical rescue specialist Connor Hartnady swims through rapids, 26 January 2021, near Pilgrims rest in Mpumalanga during a search for the body of a man that washed away In floods following Cyclone Eloise. (Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times)
The recovery was made early on Tuesday morning.
The man was trying to cross a tributary of the Blyde River near Pilgrims Rest when he was washed away on Sunday by fast flowing waters.
Connor Hartnady of Rescue SA said they found the man near a channel shortly after the search resumed on Tuesday.
On Sunday, rescuers recovered the body of a five-year-old child who was washed away near Masoyi. He had apparently been trying to cross a river when he was caught in rising flood waters.
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