Six drown after tour boat capsizes off Rio de Janeiro coast


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  • Tuesday, 07 Feb 2023

SAO PAULO, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- Six people drowned after a tour boat capsized off the coast of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, a spokesman for the Fire Department said Monday.

According to local authorities, a strong storm caused the boat carrying 14 people to sink on Sunday afternoon in Guanabara Bay, in the Atlantic Ocean.

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