{"id":126902,"date":"2021-05-30T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=126902"},"modified":"2021-05-30T04:38:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T04:38:00","slug":"footage-shows-dramatic-rescue-as-farmer-lifted-to-safety-in-canterbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/footage-shows-dramatic-rescue-as-farmer-lifted-to-safety-in-canterbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Footage shows dramatic rescue as farmer lifted to safety in Canterbury"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dramatic footage has emerged of a farmer being winched to safety from a swollen river, as floodwaters rise and heavy rain continues in Canterbury.<\/p>\n
The two-minute video, posted to Facebook by Hoops on Air radio station this afternoon, shows a helicopter hovering above the raging river below where a lone figure is standing trapped in the floodwaters.<\/p>\n
The helicopter lands and the individual climbs aboard before the helicopter takes off.<\/p>\n
Six people tending stock have also been trapped by rising floodwaters in the Foothills Rd area at Okuku, North Canterbury.<\/p>\n
A police spokeswoman said they had been notified of people trapped in this area, and Fire and Emergency were assisting Search and Rescue and police.<\/p>\n
The six have now been airlifted to safety by helicopter.<\/p>\n