Zimbabwe ferry death toll reaches 94 as government confirms it was over capacity

HARARE, Aug 18 - A government-owned ferry that capsized on Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba last week was carrying about 180 passengers, double what police had given as its capacity, the government said on Tuesday, as the death toll rose to 94.

The death toll from a ferry disaster in Zimbabwe last week rose to 94 on Tuesday, police said, with the recovery of two more bodies

Recovery efforts continue in what is the country's deadliest transport disaster.

CHIBA (Kyodo) -- The death toll from the torrential rain that struck Chiba Prefecture last week has risen to 13 from 11, the prefectural government sa

[The Herald] Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Marian Chombo Walter Nyamukondiwa in Kariba

Search efforts to recover the remaining victims are still underway.

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

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

Harare, Zimbabwe AP —  Eighteen children were among more than 70 people killed when an overloaded ferry capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe this week, police said Saturday after rescuers recovered more bodies. The ferry capsized in strong waves on Tuesday. Police said that 26 more bodies had been recovered since then,

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

At least two of the victims were found in vehicles that were submerged in water.

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.

Twenty-six more bodies have been found after a ferry capsized in Zimbabwe - taking the total number of deaths to at least 72.

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.

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.