Mountain rescue teams called out to several incidents over the weekend

Mountain rescue teams in the Lake District have been called out twice in the past 36 hours to help people caught out by the weather it follows the death of a woman who was hiking near Wastwater on Friday.

They're once again asking walkers to be prepared and check the forecast before venturing onto Cumbria's mountains.

Katie Hunter has this report.

A group of teenagers have got into difficulty whilst camping near Glencoyne in Ullswater.

Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team were called out to the group at 1am this morning after they had been caught out by the very strong winds and heavy rain. The group had descended on steep ground to try and find shelter.

During the evening each of their tents were blown down and the group ended up sheltering in one of the damaged tents. One of the group was reported to be suffering from hypothermia and all of them were cold and wet.

Due to the severe weather, the number of young people in the group, and possible multiple casualties Patterdale Mountain rescue team called for assistance from Penrith and Kirby Stephen Mountain rescue teams which helped to help evacuate the group safely off the fell.

The young people were then transported back to the Patterdale rescue centre where they were given hot drinks, food and dry clothes.

The rescue lasted five hours and involved 10 members of Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team as well as 6 members from Penrith MRT and 14 members of Kirkby Stephen MRT.

A woman has been found dead after going missing from a party of walkers by the Overbeck river gorge near Wastwater in west Cumbria.

Wasdale Mountain Rescue team say it was called to assist the Police on Friday 24th October. The woman was found in a pool below the main waterfall.

A Royal Navy Seaking helicopter which was training in the area helped remove the woman's body from the area.