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11 dead as boat capsizes, sinks

A tourist boat capsized and sank on Thursday during a fierce storm on a lake in Missouri, killing at least 11 people, the local sheriff said. The incident on Table Rock Lake that occurred as thunderstorms rumbled through the US Midwest left another seven people hospitalized while at least five were still missing, Stone County Sheriff Doug Rader told journalists, saying some of the dead were children. Rader said 31 people had been aboard the amphibious vessel, known as a duck boat for its wheels that allow it to ride on land in addition to floating low on the water.