A body has been discovered by police in Brighton after being carried away by strong winds during a storm.
Yesterday just before 4 o’clock in the afternoon, emergency services including Sussex Police and RNLI volunteers were called to the incident close to Brighton Palace Pier.
Teams from Littlehampton, Shoreham, and Newhaven assisted in the search for the missing person over the course of many hours.
The search was suspended shortly before 10pm – almost six hours after emergency crews were first called to the scene.
Sussex Police today confirmed a body was found on Saltdean beach.
A spokesman said: ’Emergency services investigated a report of a person in the sea off Brighton Palace Pier on Wednesday, April 12.
‘Searches were conducted by RNLI Lifeboats, volunteers, and the HM Coastguard helicopter, as well as by Coastguards and Sussex Police officers on shore.
‘Sadly, a body was found on the beach at Saltdean at about 8.15am on Thursday, April 13.
‘An investigation into the circumstances is ongoing, and further updates will be provided in due course.’
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Describing the previous incident, the force spokesman said: ‘Emergency services conducted a search off Brighton beach shortly after 4pm on Tuesday April 11.
‘Sadly, the body of a woman was found. Her next of kin have been informed.
‘Her death is not being treated as suspicious and a report will be prepared for HM coroner.’
Elsewhere during Wednesday’s storm, in Fareham, Hampshire, a woman was badly hurt when scaffolding fell on to a main shopping street.
And at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, customers on the Big One rollercoaster had to be escorted down after the ride was stopped because of the adverse weather.