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An aerial view shows Xindian river's rising water level at New Taipei City as typhoon Gaemi passes Taiwan on July 25, 2024. SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images
Taiwan’s fire department said on Thursday that a Tanzania-flagged freighter with nine Myanmar nationals on board had sunk off the coast of the southern port city of Kaohsiung during a typhoon and there had been no response from the crew.
Search efforts were ongoing, it added in a statement.