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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Three children dead after boat capsizes during storm in Wisconsin

Boats in a lake with a road running alongside it with cars on it.
Law enforcement use search boats on Geneva Lake in Wisconsin on 3 July 2026. Photograph: AP/AP

Three children died after a boat capsized on Wisconsin’s Geneva Lake during inclement weather on the eve of the US’s semiquincentennial celebrations, and seven other people had to be rescued by emergency responders, according to officials.

A recreational motor boat with 10 passengers, including four children, sank on Friday afternoon as the boat “attempted to navigate to safety as weather conditions deteriorated” amid an intense, sudden storm, the city of Lake Geneva police department said in a statement.

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