At least 30 people are dead and dozens of others missing after a boat capsized on Lake Mai-Ndombe in western Congo, local officials say
Thirty people are dead, and dozens of passengers are missing after a boat carrying more than 350 passengers capsized on a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials told CNN on Monday.
Simon Mbo Wemba, mayor of the town of Innogo in western Congo told CNN local divers leading the search operation have also found 183 survivors from the site of the sinking.Wemba said the overloaded vessel departed from Innogo but sank off Lake Mai-Ndombe in the country's west after it hit"violent winds" a few kilometers before arriving at its destination Saturday night."There are 183 survivors, but the ship had more than 350 people on board.
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