German Police will undertake a new search looking for the body of Madeleine McCann, who went missing as a toddler 16 years ago.

Police investigating the disappearance are set to search a reservoir in Portugal which is located about 50 kilometers from where Madeleine went missing in 2007.

Nine News Europe Correspondent Edward Godfrey told John Stanley that the search of Arade dam was set to begin on Tuesday local time.

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