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Senegal: Violent Wind: 2002/09/27
| Period | 2002/09/27 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Senegal |
| Event Type | Violent Wind |
| Outline | More than 700 people are thought to have died after a passenger ferry capsized during a fierce storm off the coast of Gambia. Eighty-eight bodies have been recovered and another 670 people are feared drowned after being trapped under the vessel. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
| Reuters Japan news 2002/11/05 | ||
| Dead: about 1,150 epople | ||
| MSN Japan news 2002/09/30 | ||
| Dead: 970 people |
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Reuters Japan news 2002/11/05
1150 people were killed by the accident in Senegal.
BBC news 2002/10/03
Only 64 of more than 1,000 passengers survived.
BBC news 2002/09/28
Hundreds lost on Senegal ferry
CNN news 2002/09/30
Senegal ferry death toll may rise
MSN Japan news 2002/09/30
the ferry was capsized by the fierce storm at west corst of africa. 970 people feard dead.
BBC news 2002/09/27
Hundreds lost as Senegal ferry sinks