Rescuers prepare to head out to search for survivors after a string of boats capsized during a storm that battered Indonesia's section of Borneo island, in Pontianak on July 16, 2021. - AFP
PONTIANAK, Indonesia (AFP): At least nine people were killed and dozens more are missing after a string of boats capsized in a storm that battered Indonesia's section of Borneo island, a local rescue agency said Friday (July 16).
The accident happened early Wednesday in waters off the coast of West Kalimantan where waves as high as five metres (16 feet) swamped a dozen fishing vessels and pair of tugboats.
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