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Images CCTV cameras in the Sicilian port of Porticello captured the moment when British superyacht The 56-metre long ship “Bayes” was damaged by a strong storm on Monday, August 19.

Video obtained by the Giornale di Sicilia shows the lights on the ship’s mast blazing. disappear in the dark, which coincides with the testimony of witnesses who claim that the yacht sank quickly shortly before dawn.

The Bayesian sank off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, in a matter of seconds, in the middle of a violent storm. As a result of the shipwreck, five People missingAmong them was Morgan Stanley International President Jonathan Bloomer. There are reported to be 15 survivors.

Global Warming and the Mediterranean

climatologists they claim that global warming causes this type severe storms and unexpected events are becoming more and more frequent in the Mediterranean, a sea visited by millions of tourists and some wealthy people sailing on superyachts.

Luca Mercallipresident Italian Meteorological Societynoted that sea surface temperatures around Sicily in the days before the shipwreck were around 30 degrees Celsius, almost three degrees higher than normal.

“This creates a huge source of energy that helps drive these storms,” ​​he said.

Experienced models such as Massimo AramuThe director of the Akua Sailing School says the Mediterranean is becoming more and more like Caribbeanwith areas that many boats avoid at certain times of the year. “But in the Mediterranean, things are less predictable,” he says.