A man has died after being washed off a harbour wall in Ramsgate, emergency services have said.
The death comes as parts of Britain were hit by strong winds and heavy rain, with dozens of flood alerts also issued.
Kent Police were called to Royal Harbour at around 11.30am after reports that there were three people in the water.
Margate Coastguard Rescue Team, the Ramsgate RNLI lifeboats and South East Ambulance Service were also sent to the scene.
A spokeswoman for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: “It is believed that all three people were washed off the pier by a large wave.”
Ramsgate lifeboat station said in a post on Facebook that they were called to reports that three people had been “washed off the harbour wall”.
Two were pulled from the water, and a third was found clinging to the harbour wall with injuries.
One of the men died at the scene.
Weather conditions in Ramsgate were described as “atrocious” by the RNLI, with waves reportedly breaking over the harbour wall following a combination of a spring tide and strong winds.
Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious and they are still trying to find the man’s next of kin.
The other two men were taken to hospital, where they are still being treated.
Nearly 40 “be prepared” flood alerts were active on Monday afternoon, most of them for south east England.
Temperatures have plummeted, trees have fallen across roads, and up to 57.6mm of rain has been recorded in parts of the southeast.
A family of two adults and a baby had to be rescued by Kent Fire and Rescue Service after their car became stuck in flood water in Sutton Valence.
Two drivers were also helped from flood water in Dover.
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