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Fifty-three migrants dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya
Reuters and AFP, Published on 09/02/2026
» ROME — Fifty-three migrants, including two babies, were dead or missing after a rubber boat carrying 55 people capsized off the coast of Libya, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reported on Monday.
Officer distracted by phone blamed for Korean ferry mishap
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» SEOUL - A South Korean ferry ran aground after the helmsman became distracted by his mobile phone, a member of the coast guard told AFP on Thursday.
Searchers seek missing after deadly Italy migrant shipwreck
AFP, Published on 15/08/2025
» LAMPEDUSA (ITALY) - Italian authorities searched Thursday for migrants missing at sea after two crowded boats sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 27 people.
'Took a few seconds': survivors recount how sudden storm drowned dozens in Vietnam
Reuters, Published on 21/07/2025
» HA LONG - The thunderstorm came so suddenly that it overturned the boat within seconds, said two survivors of the shipwreck which killed at least 35 people in Vietnam's top tourist spot of Ha Long Bay and left another four missing.
Vietnam hunts 4 missing after sudden thunderstorm capsized tourist boat
Reuters, Published on 20/07/2025
» HA LONG BAY/HANOI, Vietnam - Dozens of rescuers were scrambling in Vietnam on Sunday to trace four missing people after retrieving the bodies of dozens killed when a thunderstorm capsized a boat in the top tourist destination of Ha Long Bay, authorities said.
Hong Kong issues highest storm alert as typhoon Wipha moves in
Bloomberg, Published on 20/07/2025
» Hong Kong raised its storm alert to the highest level as tropical cyclone Wipha moved closer, with Cathay Pacific Airways delaying and cancelling flights in and out of the city on Sunday.
Dozens dead in Vietnam after Ha Long Bay tourist ferry sinks
AFP, Published on 20/07/2025
» HALONG BAY (VIETNAM) - Rescuers were desperately searching for five people still missing on Sunday after 37 were killed when a boat capsized in one of Vietnam's most popular tourist destinations.
Tourist boat capsizes in Vietnam's Ha Long Bay, leaving 34 dead
AFP, Published on 19/07/2025
» HANOI - A tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam's Ha Long Bay capsized in a storm on Saturday afternoon, leaving at least 34 people dead, according to state media reports, as rescuers scrambled to locate the missing.
At least 27 dead as tour boat capsizes in Halong Bay
Reuters, Published on 19/07/2025
» HANOI - At least 27 people died after a tourist boat capsized in stormy weather in Halong Bay on Saturday, Vietnamese state media reported.
4 dead, 38 missing after ferry sinks on way to Bali
AFP, Published on 03/07/2025
» DENPASAR, Indionesia - At least four people were dead and dozens unaccounted for on Thursday after a ferry sank on its way to the resort island of Bali, according to local authorities who said 23 survivors had been plucked from the water so far.