FERRY ACCIDENT IN THE PHILIPPINES

Thursday 2 July 2015 at least 36 people died after a ferry capsized off the coast of Leyte in the central Philippines.
Kim Nirvana ship carrying 173 passengers when it capsized in surging sea when the recently departed from the port in the city of Ormoc.
Philippine coast guard told the BBC that the rescue operation is being carried out.
Chairman of the Philippine Red Cross stated 50 to 70 people were rescued, but still many passengers were unaccounted for.
"About 50 to 70 people had been rescued and given food, water and blankets," he told the BBC.
"We're sending an ambulance and driver to the incident area along with a rescue team."
Ciriaco Tolibao, an official at the education office of risk and disaster management in Ormoc city told AFP news agency that the divers are now searching for survivors in the upturned hull.
According to reports, the ferry was heading Camotes islands in the province of Cebu, which is located in the southwest of Leyte.
The cause of the sinking is unknown.
Philippine residents rely on ferry services to travel between islands.
But treatment is not very good ship, causing many deaths in the course of the sea each year.