Huge search planned for man who went missing during B.C.’s atmospheric river

Officials are readying a large scaled-up hunt connected Friday for a man who went missing during past weekend’s atmospheric river.

Robert Belding, 59, was walking his brother’s canine adjacent the Coquitlam River connected Sunday erstwhile helium disappeared.

The canine was recovered nearby, live but bedewed and cold.

Coquitlam Search and Rescue present says a witnesser has reported seeing Belding being swept distant aft helium went into the stream to effort to prevention the canine aft it had fallen in.

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RCMP and Coquitlam Search and Rescue person been utilizing dogs, drones and boats to hunt the stream but person recovered nary motion of him.

Belding’s girl says contempt the witnesser account, the household is inactive hoping for a amended ending.

“It’s beauteous scary,” girl Jessica Belding told Global News.

“I mean, the constabulary assumed that’s similar the astir apt communicative is that helium fell into the river, and aft seeing the location, we presume that’s the astir apt communicative arsenic well. But there’s ever the anticipation that thing other happens.”

Additional hunt and rescue groups are expected to articulation the hunt effort connected Friday and swiftwater teams are expected to beryllium backmost connected the river.