China retrieves dozen bodies after Typhoon Chaba sinks ship

BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) – Chinese language search and rescue officers pulled 12 our bodies on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after an engineering vessel snapped in two as tropical storm Chaba handed by, state tv mentioned.

Maritime authorities of the southern province of Guangdong had been stepping up efforts to establish the our bodies, suspected to have drowned, after they had been retrieved about 50 nautical miles from the place the stricken ship sank, it added.

4 of its crew had been rescued by Monday, though rescue officers within the international monetary hub had warned yesterday that “very slim” possibilities remained of discovering others alive. learn extra

Seven planes and a whole lot of boats and fishing vessels are becoming a member of the search effort, state tv mentioned.

The sunken vessel, ‘Fujing 001’, with a crew of 30, was at an anti-typhoon anchorage in waters close to Yangjiang in Guangdong when its anchor chain snapped.

China’s first storm of the 12 months, Chaba skirted Hong Kong however introduced heavy rain and wind to southern provinces already water-logged from weeks of torrential rain and thunderstorms over the weekend. learn extra

It weakened right into a tropical despair on Monday, however was anticipated to bathe central and southern areas with heavy rain for a number of days because it moved north, forecasters mentioned. learn extra

Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Writing by Liz Lee; Enhancing by Clarence Fernandez

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