A New Zealand citizen is believed to be one of 22 people on board a 56-metre luxury boat which sank off the coast of Sicily after a tornado struck the area. Fifteen people were rescued by local coastguard, including the Kiwi, but seven others were reported as missing after the boat sank about 6am local time (4pm NZT). Italy’s ANSA news agency reported one person’s body was recovered after firefighter divers reached the boat, named the Bayesian, at a depth of 49m - half a mile off the coast of Porticello.
It was reported that a 1-year-old child was among the survivors..