New Orleans and areas off Louisiana’s shore were being hit by an unexpectedly strong storm that overturned vessels and damaged property, particularly in coastal towns.
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New Orleans and areas off Louisiana’s shore were being hit by an unexpectedly strong storm that overturned vessels and damaged property, particularly in coastal towns.
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle boat crew heads toward a capsized commercial lift boat on Tuesday, searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Grand Isle, La. Image: U.S. Coast Guard District 8
Updated April 14, 2021 at 3:32 PM ET
Search efforts continue on Wednesday, authorities said, for the dozen people still unaccounted for after a commercial lift boat capsized eight miles south of Port Fourchon, La. in the Gulf of Mexico.
U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Will Watson told reporters on Wednesday that 19 crew members had been aboard the 129-foot boat, which is named the Seacor Power. So far, the Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels have rescued six people, and one body was recovered on the water s surface.