Sunken tourist boat is raised

A duck boat that sank while carrying tourists on a southern Missouri lake during powerful winds, killing 17 people, has been raised to the surface.

Broadcast footage showed a crane attached to a barge pulling the Ride the Ducks boat from Table Rock Lake, before a boat pushed the vessel toward the shore.

The boat sank in 80ft of water on Thursday night amid stormy conditions near the tourist town of Branson.

The National Transportation Safety Board and US coast Guard are investigating what caused the boat to sink.

Nine of the people who died belonged to one Indiana family. Others killed came from Missouri, Arkansas and Illinois.

Divers have already recovered a video-recording device that was aboard the boat, although it is unclear whether it was working when the boat capsized or if data can be retrieved.