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Woman swept out to sea and dies while walking dog on Isle of Wight
A woman in her 50s died after being swept into the sea by a wave while walking her dog on a coastal path on the Isle of Wight during severe weather.
A woman in her 50s died after being swept out to sea by a wave while walking her dog on a coastal path between Sandown and Shanklin on the Isle of Wight on Monday morning. Emergency services were alerted at around 11.15am and launched a major rescue operation involving police, paramedics, Coastguard teams, a lifeboat and a helicopter. The woman's body was recovered from the water shortly after midday south of Sandown Pier. The Mirror reports the woman has been locally named as Sal Galloway, a mother of two. The incident occurred during severe weather following Storms Austen and Boelo, which brought strong winds and dangerous waves to coastal areas across Britain.
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