The Doomed Fujing sank about 186 miles south of the Hong Kong coast with 30 crew members on board.
A tragedy unfolded off the coast of Hong Kong due to a severe tropical storm, resulting in the sinking of a ship.
Dozens of crew members are missing, while the ship was cut in two and sank. Authorities sent planes and helicopters to help with the rescue, with at least three of the 30-strong crew making it out safely.
Photos released by Hong Kong’s Government Aviation Authority showed a crew member boarding a rescue helicopter as large waves battered the ship. The incident occurred about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Hong Kong. Flying Service did not release the name or origin of the craft.
It said in a statement that the crew was battling tropical storm Chaba and strong winds of 110 kilometers (68 miles) per hour. The storm made landfall in the western part of the coastal province of Guangdong.
The Hong Kong service dispatched two fixed-wing aircraft and four helicopters to the Fujing 001 vessel.
Typhoon Chaba is China’s first typhoon this year and forecasters have predicted it will bring record rainfall and a high risk of natural disasters. The center’s chief meteorologist Gao Shuanzhu said there was a chance the storm would break the cumulative rainfall record as it moves the monsoon belt inland.
“Abundant monsoonal water vapor will lead to heavy rainfall and massive cumulative rainfall of an extreme nature”he emphasized.
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