Nine people, including a baby, died after their boat capsized while trying to cross the Mediterranean in stormy weather, according to the Italy Coast Guard. The tragic incident occurred about 30 miles south of Lampedusa, with 22 people rescued and another 15 feared missing from the shipwreck. The survivors indicated that the vessel, a steel bottom boat, had departed from Sfax, Tunisia, carrying 46 individuals from Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Ivory Coast. The boat encountered waves up to five meters high, leading to its capsizing when the engine broke down. The Italian Coast Guard continued air surveillance in the area, which is under Malta's search-and-rescue jurisdiction. In a related effort, the Coast Guard conducted two separate rescue operations on Wednesday, saving a total of 59 people in distress at sea.
🇮🇹ITALIAN COAST GUARD RESCUE 59 MIGRANTS Two rescue operations in the space of a few hours saved migrants off the coast of Lampedusa as sea conditions worsened. Source: RT https://t.co/ihUoE9onNT
The Italian Coast Guard rescued total of 59 people in two separate incidents on Wednesday. In the first operation, 22 people were saved south of the island of Lampedusa, and a few hours later rescuers helped another 37 people on board of a small wooden boat. https://t.co/4mOE1xMnFW
The Italian coast guard has rescued 37 migrants from a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea. https://t.co/nZyr6R0gFN
The Italian coast guard rescued 22 people and recovered nine bodies after a smugglers’ boat capsized in a storm the Mediterranean, authorities said Thursday. https://t.co/PX5HUQOqbU
The Italian Coast Guard rescued 22 people and recovered nine bodies after a smugglers' boat capsized in a storm about 50 kilometers ( about 30 miles) south of the island of Lampedusa, authorities said Thursday. https://t.co/kgoX7DgIxP
After the rescue in rough seas with waves reaching more than 2 1/2 meters (eight feet), the Coast Guard said it continued the air surveillance of the area, which is under Malta’s search-and-rescue area. https://t.co/EHvXjpCDqN
The boat capsized Wednesday morning as waves reached up to five meters (16 feet) and “the group became very agitated when the engine broke down and they were left adrift,’’ the U.N. refugee agency said. https://t.co/EHvXjpCDqN
Survivors indicated that the steel bottom boat had departed from Sfax, Tunisia overnight Sunday carrying 46 people from Guinea, Burkina Faso, Mali and Ivory Coast. https://t.co/EHvXjpCDqN
Italian coast guard rescues 22 shipwrecked people, recovers 9 bodies. Some 15 reported missing https://t.co/qYiGAxqF9v https://t.co/LLZko6B2Xc
#Italy’s coastguard says that it had found nine dead migrants, including a child, after their boat was shipwrecked southeast of Lampedusa but that 22 people were rescued. https://t.co/HS6qiSCj9m
Nine people including baby die after boat capsizes off Lampedusa https://t.co/peMU1DVdaG
⚠️ NINE PEOPLE KILLED AS BOAT CAPSIZES IN MEDITERRANEAN, ITALY COAST GUARD SAYS Full Story → https://t.co/BSZm7voGsV Nine people, including a baby, have died after their boat capsized while trying to cross the Mediterranean in stormy weather, and another 15 people are feared…