At least 27 people died after a tourist boat capsized in stormy weather in Vietnam’s Halong Bay on Saturday, state media reported. The boat, carrying 53 people, tipped over at around 2 pm local time (0700 GMT), as Storm Wipha approached the country across the South China Sea. Strong winds, heavy rainfall and lightning were…
Indonesian rescuers were searching for 11 people missing after a boat capsized in bad weather off the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra province, the local search and rescue agency said on Tuesday. Seven people had been rescued after the incident, which happened on Monday at around 11 AM (0400 GMT), the rescue agency said in…
A small boat reportedly carrying migrants, including Indians, capsized off San Diego’s coast in California, resulting in the death of three people. Besides, four people also received injuries in the mishap. An Indian family was also affected in the devastating incident. The Consulate General of India in San Francisco, in a post on X, informed…
The capsizing of a boat carrying migrants from the Turkish coast to a nearby Greek island has left at least four people dead, including two children, Greece’s coast guard said Thursday, while 23 people have been rescued. A search and rescue operation off the northern coast of the island of Lesbos recovered the bodies of…
NEW DELHI: A person died and at least 20 were rescued after a tourist boat capsized off Calangute beach in North Goa on Wednesday.A life saver said he saved 13 people from the boat but couldn’t confirm the exact number of passengers on board.“A boat capsized at the Calangute beach…We rescued 13 people in the…
NEW DELHI: A passenger ferry, Neelkamal, capsized near Uran and Karanja while en route to Elephanta Island from Mumbai’s iconic Gateway of India on Wednesday. Initial reports suggest the ferry was carrying approximately 30 to 35 passengers, though the exact number remains unconfirmed.The videos of the incident that soon emerged afterwards showed ongoing rescue operations….
At least 27 people died and more than 100, mostly women, were missing on Friday, after a boat transporting them to a food market capsized along the River Niger in northern Nigeria, authorities said. About 200 passengers were on the boat that was going from the state of Kogi to the neighbouring state of Niger…