Farmer Feared Drowned As Flash Floods Hit

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AN ELDERLY retired farmer was feared to have drowned yesterday after his tractor was swept into a swollen river as he tried to rescue a herd of cattle stranded by rising floodwaters.

Emergency services scouring the River Don in Aberdeenshire were forced to call off an extensive search for the pensioner after five hours because of the rapidly rising water levels in the area.

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Farmer Feared Drowned As Flash Floods Hit

The missing man has been named as Sandy Henderson, 80, from Kintore. His grandson, Euan, 19, who watched the rescue operation in the torrential r...

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