UK Coastguard called in to assist with flooding incident in Devon
The UK
Coastguard has been asked to assist with an evacuation of a caravan park
because it’s been flooded.
Senior
coastal operations officer Gareth Davies, the Lynmouth and Bideford Coastguard
Rescue Teams were all asked to help move all the people out from the caravan
park at South Moulton in Devon.
They worked
alongside Devon & Cornwall police officers already there who asked for the
extra help, including rescuing those already cut off by floodwater.
Duty
controller Dai Jones said: ‘The police contacted us around 5am to ask for the
extra assistance. Our Coastguard Rescue Teams have expertise in water rescue which
means we can provide extra help in these kind of flooding incidents.’