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TASMANIAN FLOODS: Body recovered after more than a fortnight
THE body of a man swept away by floodwaters in Tasmania more than a fortnight ago was recovered yesterday.
Police said the body - believed to be that of 63-year-old Peter Watson - was found about noon in the South Esk River.
The search continues for 81-year-old Trevor Foster.
He was last seen at Ouse, in the Upper Derwent Valley, on June 6 when he went to check on livestock.
Latrobe woman Mary Allford, 76, also died in the Tasmanian floods.
