Seven people are missing after a sailboat believed to be carrying foreign tourists capsized and sank in bad weather off Sicily.
Fifteen people were rescued from the 50-metre sailboat early on Monday, but seven others were unaccounted for, the Italian fire rescue service said.
A helicopter and rescue boats from the coast guard and fire rescue service were at the scene searching for the missing, and divers had found the wreck at a depth of 50m, the service said.
The boat capsized off the port of Porticello.
Local media said a fierce storm, including water spouts, battered the area overnight.
The newspaper Il Giornale de Sicilia reported the sailboat was flying a British flag and had mostly British passengers on board but also New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Ireland and British-French citizens.
The ANSA news agency said the boat was named Bajesian and had been moored in the port at Porticello and set sail on Sunday evening.