One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily
One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, the Italian coast guard said.
The 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailboat was identified as the British-registered Bayesian and sank with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise, the coast guard said in a statement.
The missing people were of British, American and Canadian nationality, the coast guard said. The 15 people rescued included a one-year-old child.
'The wind was very strong. Bad weather was expected, but not of this magnitude,' a coast guard official in Palermo told Reuters.
Storms and heavy rainfall have swept down Italy in recent days - with floods and landslides causing major damage in the north of the country - after weeks of scorching heat.
Eight of those rescued were transferred to local hospitals. All were in stable condition, local media reported.
Reuters
One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, the Italian coast guard said.
The 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailboat was identified as the British-registered Bayesian and sank with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise, the coast guard said in a statement.
The missing people were of British, American and Canadian nationality, the coast guard said. The 15 people rescued included a one-year-old child.
'The wind was very strong. Bad weather was expected, but not of this magnitude,' a coast guard official in Palermo told Reuters.
Storms and heavy rainfall have swept down Italy in recent days - with floods and landslides causing major damage in the north of the country - after weeks of scorching heat.
Eight of those rescued were transferred to local hospitals. All were in stable condition, local media reported.
Reuters
One man died and six people were missing after a luxury yacht was struck by an unexpectedly violent storm and sank off the Sicilian capital Palermo on Monday, the Italian coast guard said.
The 56-metre-long (184-ft) sailboat was identified as the British-registered Bayesian and sank with 22 people on board shortly before sunrise, the coast guard said in a statement.
The missing people were of British, American and Canadian nationality, the coast guard said. The 15 people rescued included a one-year-old child.
'The wind was very strong. Bad weather was expected, but not of this magnitude,' a coast guard official in Palermo told Reuters.
Storms and heavy rainfall have swept down Italy in recent days - with floods and landslides causing major damage in the north of the country - after weeks of scorching heat.
Eight of those rescued were transferred to local hospitals. All were in stable condition, local media reported.
Reuters
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One dead, six missing after luxury yacht sinks off Sicily
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