POLICE are searching for a Ventersdorp farmer who went missing after his bakkie was washed away in floodwaters after a massive storm hit the North-West province on Wednesday afternoon. Police spokesperson Captain Louis Jacobs said 130mm fell on the area in half an hour, flooding many roads. He said an unnamed 61-year-old farmer is missing after being swept away in his bakkie, which was later found. He added that a 70-year-old man and his 58-year-old wife were rescued after their car was swept away. They were treated for shock at the Ventersdorp Hospital and discharged