A man has died and a major search is under way for two women missing after a car was washed off a coastal road during flash flooding in west Cornwall.The vehicle was swept away along with part of the road surface and a nearby building amid torrential overnight rain between St Ives and St Just on the western tip of Cornwall.
Four friends were in the green Volvo S70 car when the incident happened just after 1am. One of the two men freed himself from the car and raised the alarm. Emergency services found the "fully submerged car" an hour later but did not find the body of the other man until 7am.
The incident happened just after 1am on the B3306 at Zennor, a village on the coastal road between St Ives and St Just on the western tip of Cornwall.
It is thought the car became stuck in a swollen ford during thunderstorms that also brought flash flooding to St Ives where the fire brigade received "several" calls from residents for help.
The Met Office said the Isles of Scilly and parts of west Cornwall had experienced half their average monthly rainfall in 12 hours, but that the worst of the weather was isolated. Emergency services in Devon reported no problems.
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