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Search Underway for Missing Yacht Amid Storm Byron

12/10/2025

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The Administration of Shipping and Ports is investigating the disappearance of a yacht that departed Ashdod Port for Cyprus after losing communication shortly before its expected arrival.
Cyprus authorities began a search on Tuesday evening, sending a patrol vessel to the yacht’s last known radar location.
Five people were aboard, and their condition remains unknown.
The search is complicated by Storm Byron, which has affected both Cyprus and Israel.

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The Administration of Shipping and Ports is investigating the disappearance of a yacht that departed Ashdod Port for Cyprus after losing communication shortly before its expected arrival.
Cyprus authorities began a search on Tuesday evening, sending a patrol vessel to the yacht’s last known radar location.
Five people were aboard, and their condition remains unknown.
The search is complicated by Storm Byron, which has affected both Cyprus and Israel.