Surprise Wind Storm Capsizes Boat on Lake Tahoe, Six Dead

Surprise Wind Storm Capsizes Boat on Lake Tahoe, Six Dead


Six people are dead, two were injured and two are missing after a freak windstorm and waves as high as eight feet capsized their 27-foot boat on the California side of Lake Tahoe Saturday.

A dive team for the local sheriff’s department was continuing to search for the missing Sunday.

A local captain captured in two videos the sudden storm on the 191-square-mile body of water, considered the largest alpine lake in North America.

As conditions worsened, water blurred the camera lens.

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The large swell apparently capsized the Chris Craft around 3 pm near DL Bliss State Park, according to the Coast Guard.

The Sacramento Bee reported that conditions on the lake were created by 30-knot winds

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