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The Dutch man, 39, had been working underwater in Sicily during operations to raise British tech tycoon’s vessel

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Rock deposits provide first land-based evidence of Earth’s largest flood, when water surged through strait of Gibraltar

Billionaire entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when the vessel sank off the coast of Sicily

The Mediterranean Sea, a largely dry and salty basin, was refilled in just a few years – or months, writes Daniel García-Castellanos

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car down a kilometre-high slope towards the empty Mediterranean Sea, excavating a skyscraper-deep trough on its way.

The duo previously travelled to Sicily, Tuscany and Andalusia for renovation projects.

Whether exploring Baroque Sicily or swimming in the Seychelles, there’s a trip for whatever way you choose to spend the month with two bank holidays