British hiker found dead, another missing in Spain's Majorca

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) - A British man has been found dead and a woman is still missing in Spain’s Majorca after extreme weather, according to media reports on Wednesday.

Spanish emergency services were searching for a UK woman after both of them were swept away in a flash flood while hiking on the Spanish island of Majorca, The Independent newspaper reported.

Spain’s Civil Guard said in a statement that the Brits were on a trail that leads through a small canyon to the sea when the storm hit on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old British man was found dead after a group of people were trapped by flash floods near the Torrent de Pareis, a river in the Serra de Tramuntana mountain.

"With the help of a Civil Guard helicopter, officers were able to save the lives of 10 people who were trapped, without protective clothing, and completely soaked," it said.

"Once they reached a safe spot the rescued walkers, two Spaniards and the rest French, German and British, told us two members of a group of five who were among those assisted had been swept away by a torrent of water and they had been unable to do anything to save them and didn’t know where they were," the statement added.

Search and rescue efforts continue to find the missing woman.