British family awaits rescue after yacht hits iceberg

London, May 08: A British couple and their two teenage daughters are awaiting rescue from the south Atlantic after their yacht hit an iceberg.

The family from Derbyshire in England .ran into trouble north-east of South Georgia after they hit a low-lying mostly-submerged iceberg.

The warship HMS Clyde is 200 miles south of the yacht and is making its way towards the family.

—Agencies