Search resumes in Sicily yacht sinking to find missing people including British magnate

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The search resumed on Tuesday for the six people missing after a yacht sank in a storm while anchored in front of Porticello, in the Palermo area of Sicily. Of the 22 on board, one person has died and 15 have been rescued.

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00:00The search for six missing people continued after a yacht sunk off the coast of Sicily

00:06with at least one confirmed dead.

00:09Fifteen people survived, including a mother who reported holding her one-year-old baby

00:14over the waves to save her.

00:17Rescue teams and divers returned to the site of the storm-sunken superyacht.

00:21The missing people are believed to be trapped in the ship's hull, 50 meters underwater.

00:27Passengers were reportedly unable to access the ship's cabins as they were blocked by

00:31debris that had shifted during a violent storm that toppled the luxury sailboat early Monday.

00:37One body has been recovered, officials said.

00:41Passengers on board included UK tech billionaire Mike Lynch and his family.

00:46The vacation appeared to be something of a celebration after Lynch's acquittal in a fraud

00:50case, with guests including some of the people who had stood by him throughout the ordeal.

00:56The yacht had been moored about a half mile off the coast when a storm rolled in around

01:004am Monday morning.

01:03Officials said they believed the ship was struck by a tornado over the water which had

01:06passed over the area.

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