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Yangtze river

Taiwan, China braces for super Typhoon Nepartak

By Reuters

Taiwan and China began battening down the hatches on Thursday ahead of the arrival of Nepartak.

  • Chinese soldiers and rescue workers pay their respect to the victims during a memorial service in front of the raised Chinese cruise ship, in Jianli on 7 June, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    China cruise ship death toll exceeds 400, victims mourned

    Only 14 survivors have been found after the ship carrying 456 overturned in a freak tornado on Monday night.

    2538 days ago
  • Rescue workers look at the sunken passenger ship as it is lifted by cranes in the Yangtze river in Jianli in China's Hubei province on 5 June, 2015. Picture: AFP.

    China ship disaster death toll jumps to 331

    Rescuers are searching the cabin of the ship, which was righted and raised on Friday, looking for more bodies.

    2539 days ago
  • This photo taken on 3 June, 2015 shows a relative (centre R) of a passenger - missing after a Chinese cruise ship capsized on the Yangtze river - wiping away tears as relatives gather at the disaster site in Jianli, in central China's Hubei province. Picture: AFP.

    Elderly relative lashes out at Beijing’s handling of ship tragedy

    Only 14 survivors have been found after the ship carrying 456 overturned in a freak tornado on Monday.

    2540 days ago
  • Chinese rescue teams head out to search for survivors of a passenger ship which sunk in the Yangtze River on 1 June 2015. Picture: China Out/AFP

    Capsized Chinese ship: Death toll now at 65

    Only 14 survivors, including the captain, have been found since the ship carrying 456 people capsized.

    2541 days ago
  • Chinese rescue teams head out to search for survivors of a passenger ship which sunk in the Yangtze River on 1 June 2015. Picture: China Out/AFP

    Chinese ferry with 458 aboard sinks in storm

    Only about 20 had been rescued so far in what could be one of China's worst disasters for years.

    2543 days ago
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