Twelve bodies were found in the South China Sea after a boat that broke in two during a typhoon sank on Saturday, Chinese officials said on Monday.
“Rescue teams found and recovered 12 bodies,” said the Marine Search and Rescue Center in Guangdong, a Chinese province close to Hong Kong.
Authorities are intensifying their work to identify the bodies,” he said.
According to a statement released over the weekend, 30 people are missing in the tragedy.
The engineering ship was 250 km southwest of Hong Kong when it was hit by Storm Chaba.
Typhoon Chaba struck the southern province of Guangdong on Saturday afternoon.
According to officials, the boat’s location recorded winds of 144 km/h and waves up to 10 meters high.
According to the Search and Rescue Center, seven aircraft and several ships and fishing boats were mobilized to find the remaining casualties.
source: Noticias
[author_name]
