Vietnam: Tourist boat capsizes due to weather, 37 Dead (www.dw.com)
from drmoose@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 20 Jul 07:53
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A tourist boat in Vietnam capsized on Saturday, leaving 37 people dead and several others missing.

The vessel was carrying 53 people, when it capsized while doing a tour of northern Vietnam’s famous Ha Long Bay. Most of the passengers were tourists from the capital Hanoi, local media said.

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drmoose@lemmy.world on 20 Jul 07:55 collapse

I’ve been to Ha Long Bay several times and it’s generally very calm there so this is very unusual:

There were “hailstones as big as toes with torrential rain, thunderstorm and lightning,” Ha Long Bay office worker Tran Trong Hung told the French AFP news agency.