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Search for missing kayaker continues in Mountain Island Lake

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The search for a kayaker, who went missing Sunday evening on Mountain Island Lake, has restarted after a pause due to weather, the Huntersville Fire Department said.


What You Need To Know

  •  A kayaker went missing on Mountain Island Lake Sunday evening 
  •  The search was suspended Sunday night due to high winds
  •  The Huntersville and East Lincoln fire departments resumed their search Monday morning 
  • No announcement has been made yet if the kayaker has been found 


Mountain Island Lake is 15 miles northwest of Charlotte.

The Huntersville Fire Department announced on X at 6:40 p.m. Sunday that it was using its fire boat to assist East Lincoln Fire Department with the search for the unidentified missing person. It said the departments were looking in the water near the near the Hwy 73 bridge that crosses over the left side of the lake.

Two hours later, the department posted they were suspending the search for the evening.

“The weather hit us fairly hard,” the post reads.

Wind gusts reached more than 22 miles per hour Sunday night in the Charlotte area.

Monday morning, Huntersville Fire Department officials said it was back out on the water, continuing the search.

The department asked that traffic passing through the area use caution and yield to emergency response vehicles.


 

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Caroline King

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