HANOI (Reuters) -At slightest 27 radical died aft a tourer vessel capsized successful stormy upwind successful Vietnam's Halong Bay connected Saturday, authorities media reported.
The boat, carrying 53 people, tipped implicit astatine astir 2 p.m. section clip (0700 GMT), arsenic Storm Wipha approached the state crossed the South China Sea. Strong winds, dense rainfall and lightning were reported successful the area.
Most of the tourists were from the capital, Hanoi, section paper VnExpress reported. There was nary authoritative announcement connected the nationality of the tourists arsenic exigency crews kept looking for survivors.
Rescue teams recovered 11 survivors and recovered 27 bodies, 8 of them children, the state-run Vietnam News Agency said, citing section authorities.
Halong Bay, astir 200 km (125 miles) northeast of Hanoi, attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year. Boat tours are hugely popular.
Storm Wipha, the 3rd typhoon to deed the South China Sea this year, is projected to marque landfall on Vietnam's bluish seashore aboriginal adjacent week.
Weather linked to the tempest besides disrupted aerial travel. Noi Bai Airport said 9 arriving flights were diverted to different airports, and 3 departing flights were temporarily grounded connected Saturday.
(Reporting by Phuong Nguyen; editing by Barbara Lewis and Andrew Heavens)
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