Six dead as boat capsizes

Six dead as boat capsizes

CEBU, Philippines (AFP): Six people were confirmed dead after a motorboat, carrying a cargo of seaweed, capsized in a freak storm off the waters of nearby Culasi town, the coast guard said yesterday.

The wooden-hulled boat was carrying 15 passengers and a load of seaweed, which is grown commercially in the central Philippines, when a freak storm broke out on May 3, causing the vessel to capsize.

Six bodies have been recovered so far while nine survivors were picked up by rescuers, the coast guard said in a report.