Yesterday, rescue teams were able to recover one body from a cave roughly 200 feet below the surface, but their search failed to locate the rest of the dive team, who are believed to be in the same cave.
The Maldives’ National Defence Force are carrying out further searches today, but have faced rough conditions – not dissimilar to those faced by the Italian divers on Thursday, with initial reports indicating that there was a weather warning in place.
However, the bereaved husband of one of those who died on Vaavu Atoll, Carlo Sommaca, told La Repubblica that his wife, Monica Montefalcone, was an experienced diver. She was also a respected marine biologist, TV presence, and professor at the University of Genoa.
The search for the remaining four divers has been hampered by poor weather conditions
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