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UK tech tycoon among six missing after sudden storm

Italian Coast Guard boat prepares to search for six others missing after recovering a victim due to a sailboat sinking off the coast of Porticello, northwestern Sicily Island, on August 19, 2024. [AFP]

UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch was among six people lost at sea Monday after a superyacht sank off the Italian island of Sicily during a sudden storm.

The 56-metre (180-foot) long luxury yacht had been moored off Porticello, east of Palermo when violent winds and rains swept suddenly up the coast before dawn.

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