One person has died and six others are missing after a luxury yacht was struck by a freak tornado off the coast of Sicily at dawn on Monday, Italian media reports. The 160-foot-long U.K.
-flagged luxury sailing yacht suddenly sank off the coast of Palermo with 22 on board, . Fifteen have so far been rescued and brought to hospitals in the Sicilian city, including a one-year-old child who was taken to Palermo's children's hospital. Two Americans, four Britons and a Canadian were initially unaccounted for following the tragedy, which occurred between 4:30 a.
m. and 5 a.m.
local time. The body of a man, the only passenger confirmed dead, was retrieved next to the sunken yacht, ANSA reported. His identity was not immediately made public.
The yacht's cook is the sole crew member among those missing, ANSA added..