Boat Disaster News

This May, 14, 1942, U. S. Army Air Corps photograph, provided by the National Archives, College Park, Md., shows the burning tanker Potrero del Llano, a Mexican ship heading to New York that was sunk on May 14, 1942 by a German U-boat, about 15 miles southeast of Miami's Biscayne Bay.

What should have been a leisurely day out on the boat turned into a workout for those pulling and tugging at a small but heavy vessel that capsized in Pompano Beach Sunday afternoon.

Two bodies have been found close to a submerged boat off the coast of New Brunswick, a day after a boat capsized with three crew members on board.

A ship is seen from the shore of the Bay of Bengal before Cyclone Mahasen approaches in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on May 16, 2013.

Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.

What do you first visualize when Ocean City comes to mind? If it's the Boardwalk, you're not alone.

Dive teams from the Fort Worth and Arlington fire departments began looking for the unidentified man who had been in a canoe that capsized just before 9 p.m. Saturday.

In the Coen brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis," Justin Timberlake sings music set to a very different beat than "Suit and Tie." Timberlake plays a bearded pop folkie in the film, which was to premiere Sunday night at the Cannes Film Festival, about the music scene of early 1960s Greenwich Village.

A search team and local residents are combing the shoreline today for any sign of the two men.

At around 10:15 p.m. on Friday night, police arrived at the scene of the accident in the first block of West Main Street.

The widow of a TV executive who was killed in a speedboat crash has had her leg amputated below the knee, it emerged today.

Two men in a homemade boat barely escaped with their lives Saturday afternoon after their ramshackle, half-canoe capsized in the Ottawa River near Crystal Bay.

May 18, Colombo: A medium-sized Sri Lankan Navy vessel taking part in the Victory Day celebrations today capsized in the sea off the coast of Bambalapitiya.

A man's body has been found after a lobster fishing boat capsized off the eastern coast of New Brunswick on Saturday.

LOUISVILLE, KY A crossover accident involving an overturned tanker has closed the westbound lanes of the Gene Snyder Freeway .

Three people were rescued after their boat capsized off of the Sebastian Inlet on Saturday morning, according to Indian River County Sheriff's Office.

The German city of Hamburg likely avoided a major technological disaster on May 1, when a freighter ship caught fire.

Police said they were watching the suspect, Kerry Binger, at an apartment complex near Cedar and White.

The PBF Energy refinery in Paulsboro, N.J., uses toxic chemicals such as hydrofluoric acid.

The frightening moments right after a deadly boat crash on Grand Lake were released by the Delaware County sheriff.