At least 3 dead after tourist boat with 53 people on board capsizes in Vietnam as rescuers scramble to find survivors
The boat had 53 people - including five crew members - on board for a tour of Halong Bay when a "sudden gust of wind" flipped the vessel.
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The boat had 53 people - including five crew members - on board
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Several bodies have been recovered so far after the tourist boat capsized
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Rescue teams have found 12 survivors and recovered three bodies so far, the People's
Army
Newspaper said.
Pictures from the scene show rescue boats surrounding the capsized vessel - with divers scrambling to find survivors.
It's understood at least three tourists were rescued by a passing boat.
Authorities have not yet shared details about the nationalities of the tourists - and rescue operations are ongoing.
The accident occurred at approximately 2pm local time - shortly after Storm Wipha hit the South China Sea, battering the area with strong winds, heavy rainfall, and
lightning
.
It's the third typhoon to hit the South China Sea this year - and it was set to make landfall along Vietnam's northern coast early
next
week.
Halong Bay - situated roughly 125 miles northeast of Hanoi - attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year.
Many of them take overnight boat tours.
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