With each passing hour, the chances that the second hiker missing in the area will be found alive diminish. Torrent de Pareisin the city of Scoop (Majorca), although rescuers also indicate that “hope is not lost.”
This is how the representatives of the Civil Guard answered questions from the media at the command post of the rescue operation in Its Calobra. From there, they admitted that, based on the experience of similar cases, finding the missing person alive in these circumstances is “complicated.”
On his side, since Mallorca Fire Brigade They explained that the search is now focusing on areas where water has accumulated. However, they warn that the work is difficult because the water is still flowing and is cloudy and is carrying a lot of soil, making visibility difficult. In addition, due to the orography of the terrain, communications between troops are also difficult.
From the first hour of this Thursday, the members of the Special Group for Underwater Activities (GEAS) of the Civil Guard They joined the search for the hiker who disappeared in the Torrent de Pareis. The divers thus joined the Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (GREIM) of the Army Institute to search for tasks.
Troops are combing the entire torrent in an attempt to find the second missing person, after the lifeless body of the other missing hiker was found on Wednesday.
Emergency services located the lifeless body of one of the two hikers who disappeared this Tuesday in the Serra de Tramuntana (Majorca). The victim is a man British nationality A 32-year-old man who has been missing since Tuesday in the Torrent de Pareis area, in the municipality of Escorca, and whose body was found near this area.
From 112, they then activated the psychologist service to assist the victim’s family and friends and insisted on the need to follow the recommendations and not to commit any imprudence during orange alert episodes.
About ten people rescued
On Tuesday, the Civil Guard had to carry out rescue operations for a dozen people trapped in the Torrent de Pareis after the flooding caused by a waterspout.
He Mountain Rescue and Intervention Group (GREIM) of the Civil Guard set up a system which was active throughout the day in the area to prevent possible accidents hikers going to this area and given the forecast of heavy rain.
Officers found the hikers without warm clothes and completely wet.
