LAKE TAHOE — A seventh person was found dead after a boat capsized in Lake Tahoe over the weekend, as rescue and dive teams on Monday continued to search for another person, authorities said.
Two others survived, but their conditions were not known Monday. The El Dorado Sheriff’s Office did not identify any of the seven people who died, saying their identities would not be released until proper notifications are made to the victims’ families.
Ten people were on board the boat, a 27-foot Chris-Craft, when it overturned around 3 p.m. on Saturday near D.L. Bliss State Park, along the southwestern edge of Lake Tahoe, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Six boaters were found deceased Saturday and a seventh person was discovered dead on Sunday evening.
As of Monday afternoon, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office Search & Rescue Team and Dive Team continued to search the lake for the last remaining person.
Earlier on Saturday, the National Weather Service office in Reno warned of gusty winds and the potential for fires, and briefed officials about “brisk northerly winds” across the region, “especially for Mineral and southern Mono County.” A wind advisory was put in effect for Saturday afternoon and evening for those counties, both far south of the Lake Tahoe area.
On Friday, the NWS Reno office issued a wind advisory — with gusts expected to be as high as 45 mph with wave heights of 2-to-4 feet — for the Lake Tahoe area from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. It’s unclear why the advisory was not extended through Saturday, and NWS did not immediately respond to inquiries from the Bay Area News Group.
People at Lake Tahoe on Saturday filmed videos of high surf and powerful gusts sending boats crashing onto the lake shore. Waves rose above a dock as they crashed into shore and lapped up against a restaurant’s outdoor deck, according to the footage. The El Dorado Sheriff’s Office heard reports of waves as tall as 8 feet on Lake Tahoe on Saturday.
“The wind event was sudden, localized, and of limited predictability. This case had decaying showers/thunderstorms which produced observed gusts on the lake to 45 mph for a brief period, while severe thunderstorm criteria are gusts 60-plus mph,” NWS meteorologist Chris Smallcomb said. “We also issue Lake Wind Advisories, but those are for longer duration strong winds and rough water, more often found in winter storms.
The two survivors were rescued by El Dorado County Sheriff’s deputies, in coordination with emergency response partners, and taken to a hospital.
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