The woman got into trouble in rough waters while swimming in the Alentejo regionA British man and woman have drowned off a beach in south-west Portugal after they got into difficulty while swimming. Rescue services were alerted at around 2.30pm on Sunday when a 34-year-old man tried to rescue a woman, 33, from the sea at Praia da Zambujeira do Mar in the Alentejo region after she got into difficulty. A group of surfers then tried to save the pair, who have not been named, but when they were finally brought ashore from the inaccessible beach by helicopter, rescue services were unable to revive them. Their bodies were taken by a Portuguese air force helicopter to the nearby town of Beja. Filipe said he believed the pair were in Portugal on holiday with a group of friends, although he did not know if they were also on the beach at the time.

Source: The Guardian October 06, 2019 19:41 UTC