Tourist boats are covered in a sudden storm in the southwest of China, leaving 9 dead and 1 missing

Beijing – Four boats are covered in a sudden storm on the river in the southwest of China, leaving nine dead and one missing, the state media said on Monday.

More than 80 people fell into the Wu River when strong winds hit the stage area in the Province of Guizhou on Sunday afternoon, said State broadcast CCTV.

The initial reports said that two tourist boats were overwhelmed, but the CCTV and the official news agency Xinhua said on Monday that they were on Monday that four boats were involved. It was not clear whether any of the victims were on the other two ships.

The boats covered after a sudden rain and the beat of the storm hit Wu, the tributary of Yangtze, China the longest river. In a video shared by the state media, a man can see how CPR is performed on another person, while one of the vessels pulled upside down.

Guizhou’s mountains and rivers are the main tourist draw, and many Chinese travel during the five-day national holidays ending on Monday.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for “all efforts” to find missing and caring about injured, Xinhua said on Sunday.

The XI administration pushed to reduce the number of deaths in Chinese transport in the transport sector, but overload, poor vehicle maintained and lack of security equipment frustrated these efforts, especially during the main holidays.

CCTV said that the two cacsized boats each had about 40 people on board and were not overloaded.

The eyewitness told State Journalistic news that water were deep, but some managed to swim for safety. However, the storm suddenly came and a thick fog tinted the surface of the river.