Over 100 dead after ferry capsizes in storm
More than 100 people have been confirmed dead after a ferry capsized in India.
The boat, carrying about 350 passengers, broke in two in heavy winds and rain in a river in a remote part of north-eastern India.
Around 150 passengers are reported to have swam to safety or were rescued by nearby villagers.
But it is feared that others were swept away on the Brahmaputra river, in Assam state.
The Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh, has issued a statement expressing his shock and grief at the incident.
An inquiry is due to be launched into the precise cause.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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