Death toll rises to 84 from capsized ferry in Zimbabwe

The boat overturned during heavy winds near the Zambian border.

Authorities on Sunday searched for more bodies from an over loaded ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe last week as the death toll in the disaster rose to more than 80 people.

12 more bodies are recovered in Zimbabwe’s ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 84  Toronto Star

Authorities in Zimbabwe continue searching for bodies after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba last week, killing more than 80 people

Authorities in Zimbabwe continue searching for bodies after an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba last week, killing more than 80 people

12 more bodies are recovered in Zimbabwe’s ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 84  AP News

The death toll after a ferry capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba this week has risen to 80 after more bodies were recovered on Sunday, the police said.

With the 80 bodies that police said they had recovered, this would mean the vessel was carrying 157 people.

Zimbabwe police: death toll from Lake Kariba boat accident rises to 80  Reuters

Capsized ferry leaves over 70 dead in Zimbabwe  edition.cnn.com

Authorities retrieved 25 bodies from Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba on Saturday to take the death toll from last week's ferry capsizing to 72, police said, as the search continued for victims

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Eighteen children were among more than 70 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe this wee

Authorities have retrieved 25 bodies from Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba to take the death toll from Tuesday's ferry capsizing to 72, police said, as the search continued for victims.

The death toll from Zimbabwe's worst ferry disaster has risen to 72 after authorities recovered 25 more bodies from Lake Kariba, as rescuers continued searching the waters for victims.

The death toll from Zimbabwe's worst ferry disaster has risen to 72 after authorities recovered 25 more bodies from Lake Kariba, as rescuers continued searching the waters for victims.

Officials say the boat was authorised to carry 90 people but was packed with 114 adults, five crew members and an unspecified number of children.

Open this photo in gallery:Funeral pallbearers sit behind caskets during a memorial service for the victims of a ferry capsized on lake Kariba in Kariba, Zimbabwe, on Thursday.Mkhululi Thobela/The Associated PressEighteen children were among more than 70 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in

Forty-six people died when a government ferry capsized on Lake Kariba. Zimbabwe's civil protection unit says the vessel was carrying more people than its capacity.

Work is being done to clear the remaining debris, which the BMC is coordinating

The overloaded government ferry, a vital link for villagers and fish traders around the vast Lake Kariba, overturned in choppy waters on Tuesday in one of the country's worst passenger boat disasters.

[New Zimbabwe] THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says mourning the victims of the Lake Kariba boat tragedy is not enough unless authorities are held accountable for any shortcomings that may have contributed to the deaths.