YANGON, Oct 7 (Bernama) -- Some 30 were killed and many others are missing after a ferry carrying mostly students and teachers capsized in Myanmar's southern Irrawaddy delta region on Wednesday, China's Xinhua news agency reported, quoting witnesses and authorities as saying.
Most of the passengers were young students travelling to watch a football match when the overloaded boat sank in Labutta township, 160 km (100 miles) southwest of Yangon.
The search and rescue operation are still searching for the missing people.
The Ayeyawady Delta was the area that suffered worst when Cyclone Nargis hit southern Myanmar in May 2008. The catastrophic storm killed around 138,000 people.
Source:http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=533219
Most of the passengers were young students travelling to watch a football match when the overloaded boat sank in Labutta township, 160 km (100 miles) southwest of Yangon.
The search and rescue operation are still searching for the missing people.
The Ayeyawady Delta was the area that suffered worst when Cyclone Nargis hit southern Myanmar in May 2008. The catastrophic storm killed around 138,000 people.
Source:http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsindex.php?id=533219
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