EDIS Number: VI-20150211-46956-OTH
Date / time: 11/02/2015 10:07:22 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Accident
Area:
Country: Other
State/County: Mediterranean Sea
Location: [The area was not defined]
Number of Deads: N/A
Number of Injured: N/A
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: 203 person(s)
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: 9 person(s)
Damage level: Catastrophic
Description:
More than 200 migrants are missing after their boats sank in the Mediterranean Sea, according to survivors of the latest tragedy in the area, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday. "Nine were saved after four days at sea. The other 203 were swallowed by the waves," UNHCR spokeswoman in Italy, Carlotta Sami, said on Twitter.