After yacht sinks off Italy, search resumes for six missing, including Mike Lynch
PALERMO, Sicily -Rescue teams in Sicily resumed a search for six missing people, including British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter, after a luxury yacht was struck by a violent storm and sank on Monday, killing one on board.
The wives of both men were also unaccounted for, said Salvatore Cocina, head of civil protection in Sicily.Prosecutors in the nearby town of Termini Imerese have opened an investigation into the incident. On Monday, rescue teams recovered the body of the yacht's onboard chef, identified as Antiguan citizen Ricardo Thomas.
"We can't say that this is all due to global warming but we can say that it has an amplifying effect," he told Reuters.
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