9 Of Those Killed In Duck Boat Capsizing Were Related

Rescue personnel work after an amphibious “duck boat” capsized and sank, at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Mo., Thursday.

Southern Stone County Fire Protection District via Reuters

Updated at 5:25 p.m. ET

Seventeen people are dead after an amphibious tourist boat carrying 31 people capsized and sank Thursday during a severe squall in a lake in southern Missouri.

The Ride the Ducks Branson boat sank on Table Rock Lake near the resort town of Branson on Thursday. Divers worked through the night on rescue and recovery operations. On Friday morning, the county sheriff told reporters that all the bodies had been found, bringing the death toll to 17.