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Two bodies have been recovered from the sea after reports of a \u201cnumber of people in difficulty in water<\/a>\u201d at a Yorkshire<\/a> seaside town. <\/p>\n The alarm was raised just after 3pm on Friday (2 January) in Withernsea, East Yorkshire<\/a>.<\/p>\n A major search, led by HM Coastguard<\/a>, with assistance from the RNLI<\/a>, Humberside Police<\/a>, Yorkshire Ambulance Service<\/a> and Humberside Fire and Rescue, is still ongoing as teams continue to look for one more person who entered the water this afternoon.<\/p>\n Humberside Police has confirmed a 67-year-old man died after being pulled from the sea on Friday evening, before the body of a second person was also found.<\/p>\n A force spokesperson said: \u201cWe can now confirm that earlier this evening (Friday, 2 January 2026) a second body was recovered from the sea. The circumstances are not believed to be suspicious. <\/p>\n \u201cHumberside Police officers along with HM Coastguard, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Humberside Fire and Rescue, remain in the area as searches continue for one more person who entered the water this afternoon.<\/p>\n \u201cWe continue to ask that people avoid the area to allow emergency services to work efficiently and safely.<\/p>\n