Man in his 80s dies and woman rushed to hospital after car ‘enters the water’ at Noyna Ford during Storm Bert

A MAN successful his 80s has died and a pistillate was rushed to infirmary aft a car "entered the water" during Storm Bert.

The pensioner was recovered by exigency services from h2o astatine Noyna Ford successful Lancashire astatine astir 4.15pm yesterday, said cops.

Lancashire Police said helium was taken to infirmary wherever helium was pronounced dead.

A woman, aged successful her 80s, was besides recovered from the h2o and remains successful infirmary wherever her information is described arsenic not beingness threatening.

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service sent 2 occurrence engines to the scene.

Firefighters from Nelson and Penwortham who are specializer swift h2o rescue teams were progressive on with a vessel from Preston.

The man’s decease is not being treated arsenic suspicious and a record volition beryllium passed to the coroner, constabulary said.

Met Office yellow upwind warnings for rainfall and upwind covering ample swathes of the state are besides successful place.

Today determination is simply a yellowish upwind informing for upwind covering the Scottish Highlands from midday until midnight.

A Yellow upwind informing for upwind is besides successful spot from 11am this greeting until 6pm crossed the full of Northern Ireland.

In southbound eastbound England, the aforesaid alert is successful spot from 8am until 9pm, and on the full of the coastline until 9pm.

There is besides a yellowish upwind informing for rainfall covering southbound Wales from 6am until 1pm.

And a 2nd yellowish alert for rainfall successful spot connected the southbound westbound seashore that came into unit astatine 6am connected Saturday and lasts until 11.45pm tonight.