A boat capsizes on a lake and makes at least eleven dead

A boat carrying tourists capsized and sunk Thursday on a lake in Missouri, during a violent storm, killing at least 11 people including children, the police said. local police. Seven people were also hospitalized as a result of the accident on Table Rock Lake while the Midwest
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and five others are still missing, Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader said at a press conference.

Relief operations, interrupted by the night, are scheduled to resume on Friday morning with participation of divers to find the missing. Of the wounded, two are in critical condition. Sheriff Rader said 31 people were aboard the amphibious boat, which can move on land with the help of wheels. Violent winds caused the boat to capsize as it attempted to return to the mainland.

A popular lake for tourists

The storm "arrived quickly", AFP reported to Rick Kettels , the owner of Lakeside Resort, a resort on the shores of the lake. "I have lived here most of my life and I have never seen such a bad storm," he said, adding that the local weather did not warn of its imminence. Winds of up to 119 km / h have been recorded, causing falls and power outages in the area, said Steve Lindenberg, Meteorologist at Springfield, 72 km north of Branson.

He shot a video from the shore, showing big waves falling on the pontoon, before learning that a boat had capsized. "Given the waves, I do not think this boat could have a chance," he said. Table Rock Lake, located near the town of Branson in southern Missouri on the Arkansas border, is an artificial lake popular with tourists.