OFFICERS have recovered the body of a man after searching for someone trapped in a vehicle in Aberdeenshire during Storm Babet.
Police Scotland launched a desperate search for a man who was stuck in floodwater near Marykirk on Friday.
The force has now said it has recovered the body of a man and a vehicle.
Formal identification is still to take place but the family have been informed, police said.
It takes the number of lives claimed by the storm to three in Scotland.
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Earlier on Monday, police named a man who died after a tree struck his van near Forfar as 56-year-old John Gillan from Arbroath.
He was pronounced dead at the scene following the incident on the B9127 at Whigstreet which happened at around 5.05pm on Thursday, October 19.
In a statement, his family described him as a loving husband, dad, father-in-law and grandad, adding they were "devastated".
The storm also claimed the life of mother-of-three Wendy Taylor, 57, whose body was recovered from the Water of Lee, Glen Esk, around 4pm on Thursday.
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