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A search is underway in Yarmouth County after a small boat reportedly capsized, leaving one person dead and another missing.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Halifax were called for assistance just before 2:30 Tuesday afternoon.
At 1424 AST, JRCC Halifax received a call from NS RCMP indicating that there was a missing person in the water in vicinity of Morris Island. A second person was found deceased along the shoreline and is connected to the missing person.
— Halifax JRCC CCCOS (@hfxjrcc) January 13, 2021
A post on social media by the Yarmouth County Ground Search and Rescue team says they are being activated as of 8:00 Wednesday morning.
A spokesperson from GSAR told Y95 news that the incident happened in an area approximately between Morris Island and the Tittle.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre says aircraft have been searching the area since this afternoon.
A CH-149 Cormorant Helicopter and a CH-130 Hercules Aircraft from 14 Wing Greenwood, the CCGS Clarks Harbour, a PAL aircraft, and the RCMP are on scene and searching for the missing individual.
— Halifax JRCC CCCOS (@hfxjrcc) January 13, 2021
