40 survivors washed ashore in typhoon-hit Philippines
PHILIPPINES: At least 40 typhoon survivors made it to shore in the
Philippines but not all were from a ferry that sunk with more than 850
onboard, a local official told a radio station on Monday.
“Not all of them came from the sunken ferry,” mayor Eduardo Andueza
told DZBB radio from Claveria town on Burias island in the central
Philippines.
“Some were survivors of fishing vessels that also sank during the
typhoon,” Andueza said.
Only the tip of the bow of the Princess of the Stars remained above
water after it tilted and quickly capsized Saturday, and navy frogmen
have found no sign of life inside the doomed vessel just off the central
island of Sibuyan.
Andueza said 35 bodies had also been found but gave no further
details.
Manila, Monday, AFP |