12 Bodies Found After Typhoon Chaba Sinks Ship Off Hong Kong

12 Bodies Found After Typhoon Chaba Sinks Ship Off Hong Kong
A vessel is sinking after it snapped in two as Typhoon Chaba passed through, in waters off Hong Kong on July 2, 2022. Hong Kong Government Flying Service/Handout via Reuters
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BEIJING—Twelve bodies were recovered on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after an engineering vessel snapped in two as Typhoon Chaba passed through, a Chinese state television station said.

The bodies, suspected to have drowned, were retrieved about 50 nautical miles from where the stricken ship sank, maritime authorities of China’s southern province of Guangdong said.