UPDATE: Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD) officials say the search for a man who was swept away by floodwaters in East Brainerd on Tuesday has ended after his body was found.

A CFD spokesperson says Chattanooga police are now conducting a death investigation after the man's body was found.

Police say the body is a Black male who was found after a Bradley County Sheriff's Office K-9 alerted crews in the area of the search.

The search started on Tuesday after the man went missing in floodwaters in the area of East Brainerd Road.

The body, which has not been identified, has been sent to the Hamilton County Medical Examiner to determine a cause of death.

This is the fourth death in less than 24 hours that is linked to the August 12 flooding in the Tennessee Valley.

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