Video Shows Cruise Ship Passengers Running for Their Lives During Storm

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Local media reported that about 200 people disembarked in Norway due to the bad weather before the accident. The cruise line initially reported no serious injuries, but German media reported that three passengers were taken to a hospital upon disembarking. Tour operator Thorsten Hansen shared a video of the foamy waves battering the hull of the MS Maud, which made headlines Thursday when its electricity failed mid-voyage. The incident took place on the Independence of the Sea Royal Caribbean Cruises ship on Friday, June 16 at around 4 p.m.

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Another passenger, Christa Seifert-Alicea, said they didn’t receive word from the captain or crew for more than 12 hours. Fellow passenger Elaina Escobedo, 21, went to her grandparent's cabin to check on them during the storm. The vessel was on its way back to Galveston, Texas, as part of a five-night trip to Cozumel, Mexico, according to USA Today. The Carnival Sunshine is already on its next voyage, the cruise line confirmed.

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"The weather was unexpectedly strong, causing conditions that were rougher than forecasted," the statement continues. A video of passengers fleeing for their lives on a cruise ship engulfed in a storm while docked at a port in Florida has gone viral on social media. In it, passengers can be seen desperately clinging onto railings as they battle fierce winds. To ensure the safety and comfort of its passengers, a cruise ship can alter its course and circumvent the rough weather system.

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“Carnival Sunshine’s return to Charleston was impacted by the weather and rough seas on Saturday. Our medical staff helped a small number of guests and crew members who needed minor assistance,” the cruise liner said in a statement to WCIV. Hansen said the wave was the same one that hit a nearby cruise ship, the Maud, at about the same time. The wave smashed at least two windows on the bridge of the more than 16,000-ton ship, and the incoming seawater knocked out the navigation system and radar. It threw the ship with 266 passengers and 131 crew into darkness as the power failed, according to local media and the cruise line HX.

Throughout the storm, several passengers also complained they were starting to feel sick due to the boat’s rough movements. Videos shared online by vacationers show flooded hallways littered with glass and other debris, doors ripped off their hinges and downed pipes laying soaked on the floor. "The Independence was just getting battered by winds as it was trying to push off the dock," Pike said. "Then [it] was covered by the gray cloud of rain and we couldn't see more than 20 yards out the window." The footage also shows sunbeds piled up on the deck after being tossed around in the powerful storm.

In stormy conditions, the crew can deploy the stabilizers, which will prevent the ship from rolling and bucking. As the Independence of the Seas prepared to depart, strong winds and rain battered the 15-deck ship. In multiple videos posted to YouTube and Twitter, passengers are shown slipping and sliding across the decks while attempting to get safely inside.

According to Fox Weather, a powerful storm off the southeastern coast of the US hit the Sunshine as it returned from a Memorial Day weekend trip to the Bahamas. The large waves, heavy rain, and strong winds rocked the ship, leaving some passengers sick and terrified. From the Bahamas when it got caught in severe weather, including nearly 80 mph winds.

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The ship’s operator, HX, said is working to arrange ‘onward travel’ for passengers after they disembark in Germany. The MS Maud, which is run by the cruise company HX, a unit of Norway’s Hurtigruten Group, left Floroe in Norway on Thursday and was scheduled to arrive in Tilbury in Great Britain on Friday. Another clip shared on X showed the view of the terrifying swells from the glamorous windows of an on-board suit, which tilted precariously toward the water between each wave.

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A meteorologist for Fox 35 reported winds reached from 55 to 60 miles an hour at their peak strength. One video shared online showed heavy damage along some of the decks of the ship. He added there were "high winds on the deck… platters of food crashing to the floor in the buffet, liquor and other glass breaking, water coming in through the balconies and flooding." Water flowed into rooms and sunbeds were strewn across the deck as the vessel was battered by the fierce weather conditions. (WSVN) - A group of migrants were saved out at sea when a cruise ship spotted them in the Gulf of Mexico.

Every time we move we nearly go flying,” one passenger commented under Hansen’s post. The clip, which has been shared on Instagram and TikTok, shows metal chairs being flung over balconies and across the deck, seemingly sparking panic among the passengers. “There’s always something you can do, other than just letting the guests and the travelers getting poured on, rained down on and being in the middle of a storm,” Cole told Fox 35.

Local time, according to one of the posters on TikTok, who claimed to be a passenger. A meteorologist for Fox 35 reported that winds reached from 55 to 60 mph at the height of the storm. Jerry Pike, a local photographer who was sitting in his vehicle in Jetty Park during the outburst, also posted video of the storm. “Instead of telling people to come up to the top deck when we have a severe thunderstorm warning, maybe you should be more worried about your guests and employees and tell them to get inside,” he wrote. No announcement from the captain before or after, also no mention of what happened. Just pretend like it didn’t happen I guess,” TikTok user Lucassparrow1110 posted.

Terrified passengers on a Carnival cruise were left vomiting after a torrential storm pounded the ship in South Carolina — flooding the vessel and ripping doors off their hinges. Footage has emerged of a cruise ship being flooded during a storm in the Gulf of Mexico - causing water to flow into people's cabins. Crew Center, a cruise ship information site, posted a video on Twitter showing a flooded hallway, torn-off doors and other debris and destruction on board. "There were about 20 minutes in which I thought the ship might capsize, it was rocking so much and we had no idea what had happened," an American passenger posted on X, formerly Twitter. The vessel carrying 266 passengers and 131 crew suffered shattered windows on its bridge when it encountered a powerful storm in the North Sea late Thursday, Danish authorities said. "It hit so fast and was gone in a matter of minutes! No ship announcements were made before or after, so people on the lower pool deck were hit completely without warning."

“This is my view of Independence of the Seas as she started to get battered by the heavy winds whilst mid-spin attempting to turn around to leave the port,” Pike said in a tweet. The Independence of the Seas was about to embark on a voyage from Port Canaveral to the Bahamas about 4 p.m. June 16 when heavy rain and violent winds slammed the 15-deck, 1,112-foot-long vessel. Reid Overcash said the crew did not communicate with passengers as the ship was stopped in the ocean during the storm.