The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for two people missing following the capsizing of a boat in California's Lake Tahoe that killed six people.

The Coast Guard responded to an emergency on Lake Tahoe yesterday and reported six people dead after their boat capsized.

Two survivors were also pulled from the rough waters and are being treated in hospital for hypothermia and other injuries.

The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for two people missing following the capsizing of a boat in California's Lake Tahoe that killed six people.

Two people were rescued and taken to a hospital.