The bodies of four people have been
recovered on Lake Maggiore after a tourist boat capsized and
sank late on Sunday due to sudden storm featuring strong winds.
Around 20 people managed to swim to safety.
The boat was reportedly carrying a group of foreign tourists
celebrating a birthday plus two crew members.
The accident took place in the area of Sesto Calende, in the
province of Varese.
Italy has suffered a series of recent disasters linked to
extreme-weather events, including the flash flooding caused by
torrential rain that claimed 15 lives in Emilia Romanga this
month and last November's landslide on the Gulf of Naples island
of Ischia that killed 12 people.
Scientists say that extreme weather events like heat waves,
supercharged storms, flooding and droughts are becoming more
frequent and more intense because of climate change caused by
human greenhouse-gas emissions.
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