Monday, 23 June 2008

more than 800 people still missing after it sank two days ago in a deadly typhoon...Philippines



Residents look at the partially submerged hull of the MV Princess of Stars passenger ferry off the coast of Sibuyan island in the central Philippines in this mobile phone photo taken on June 22, 2008. Rescuers scoured the seas around the capsized ferry in the Philippines on Monday for more than 800 people missing after it sank two days ago, as the official death toll from Typhoon Fengshen rose to about 160. Picture taken June 22, 2008.

The bow of MV Princess of Stars passenger ferry sticks out of the water off the coast of Sibuyan island, central Philippines, in this photo released by the Philippine Navy June 23, 2008. Rescuers scoured the rough seas around a capsized ferry in the central Philippines on Monday in a desperate search for more than 800 people still missing after it sank two days ago in a deadly typhoon. Twenty-eight passengers and crew were the most recently found survivors of the ferry disaster, having landed at a small coastal village after drifting for more than 24 hours in a rubber boat, radio dzBB reported.


The bow ear of the MV Princess of Stars passenger ferry sticks out of the water off the coast of Sibuyan island in the central Philippines June 23, 2008. Twenty-eight passengers from the capsized passenger ferry were reported alive in the central Philippines on Monday but more than 800 remain missing after the ship sank during Typhoon Fengshen.

Relatives of passengers onboard the capsized ferry, MV Princess of Stars, await latest information outside the office of Sulpicio Lines in the port area of Manila June 23, 2008. Twenty-eight passengers from the MV Princess of Stars were reported alive in the central Philippines on Monday but more than 800 remain missing after the ship sank during Typhoon Fengshen. Sulpicio Lines, the ship's owner, revised up the number of people on the vessel late on Sunday to 845 from an initial estimate of 740 plus.

Red Cross volunteers carry a woman who collapsed outside the Sulpicio Lines terminal in Manila on Monday June 23, 2008 as they await news on the capsized MV Princess of the Stars. Typhoon Fengshen lashed the Philippines leaving more than 130 people dead as it submerged entire communities and capsized a passenger ferry carrying more than 700 passengers and crew.

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