RNLI's gruelling search as 'man in t-shirt' vanishes into sea amid Storm Austen
RNLI Torbay and Exmouth lifeboats joined coastguard and police in a nine-hour search near Goodrington after a man reportedly entered the sea and disappeared during Storm Austen, with winds reaching force eight severely hampering the operation
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RNLI's gruelling search as 'man in t-shirt' vanishes into sea amid Storm Austen
RNLI Torbay and Exmouth lifeboats joined coastguard and police in a nine-hour search near Goodrington after a man reportedly entered the sea and disappeared during Storm Austen, with winds...
