Four people died and four others were hospitalized after a wooden boat carrying suspected migrants overturned in turbulent waters off the San Diego coast late Friday night, authorities said.

The US Coast Guard said on Saturday that it was still searching for additional people who may have been aboard the panga-style vessel when it capsized in the waters off the coast of Imperial Beach Drive around 11:40 p.m. local time on Friday, according to an official press release.

The tragedy took place as a powerful storm system battered Southern California with heavy rain and dangerous surf conditions over the weekend, prompting flash flood and mudslide warnings across the region.

Imperial Beach Border Patrol agents had been monitoring the small vessel as it crossed out of Mexican waters before

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