Rescuers in Vietnam are scrambling to trace four missing people after retrieving the bodies of dozens killed when a thunderstorm capsized a boat in the top tourist destination of Halong Bay. Typhoon Wipha, approaching Hong Kong, is expected to land in northern Vietnam. The government has revised the death toll to 35 from an initial 38 on Saturday, while cutting the estimate of those aboard to 49 from 53. All the tourists aboard were Vietnamese, including several children. The accident was one of the worst in recent years in the UNESCO-protected archipelago of thousands of limestone islands about 200 km northeast of Hanoi. The sudden thunderstorm turned the sky dark in a matter of minutes, falling trees in the capital of Hanoi, where officials at the Noi Bai international airport said nine flights were diverted and three departures temporarily halted.
The AP reports that Vietnam is currently searching for four missing individuals who were reported missing after a sudden thunderstorm capsized a tourist boat.
