Tourist drowns in Lake Geneva as storm batters Switzerland http://bit.ly/2Rg2Jpo Agence France-Presse Woman dies after sightseeing boat sinks as bad weather also damages vessels at annual Bol d’Or regatta A woman has drowned in Lake Geneva when her sightseeing boat sank as a violent storm battered parts of Switzerland on Saturday, police said. A man who was in the same boat was able to swim to another vessel from where he fired “two flares”, Joanna Matta, police spokeswoman for the canton (region) of Geneva, said. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J June 16, 2019 at 04:21AM

Woman dies after sightseeing boat sinks as bad weather also damages vessels at annual Bol d’Or regatta

A woman has drowned in Lake Geneva when her sightseeing boat sank as a violent storm battered parts of Switzerland on Saturday, police said.

A man who was in the same boat was able to swim to another vessel from where he fired “two flares”, Joanna Matta, police spokeswoman for the canton (region) of Geneva, said.

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