Jakarta:
Rescuers have identified 24 bodies and kept browsing for 31 other missing persons immediately after 18 ships have been hit by a storm in waters off West Kalimantan province in central Indonesia days ago, the best rescuer of the province mentioned on Wednesday.
The incident took spot in Sambas district when two tug boats and fishing ships had currently taken position close to the coast, and some other individuals have been on their way to the territory in response to the warning from the climate agency of the possibility of intense climate situations, mentioned Yopi Haryadi, head of the provincial search and rescue workplace.
“The death count rises to 24 with 31 still our target in the search and rescue operation,” he told Xinhua through phone.
Haryadi mentioned that a storm hit the location two days a week ago.
He mentioned that a total of 83 folks on board the ships have been rescued safely in the course of the search and rescue operation.
According to the procedures, the operation would be carried out in 3 more days, mentioned Eryk Subariyanto, head of the operational unit of the provincial search and rescue workplace.
However, the climate situation which began worsening on Wednesday may possibly hamper the search mission inside the next 3 days, he told Xinhua through phone.
The mission involved a helicopter, a plane and ships, according to him.
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