On the 16th local time, Zimbabwean police announced that the death toll in the boat capsizing accident that occurred in Lake Kariba in the northern part of the country on the afternoon of the 11th had risen to 80. The Zimbabwean government said that at the time of the accident, 119 adults were on board and an unknown number of children were on board. Seventy-seven people have been rescued since the incident. Currently, search and rescue work is still ongoing. As the search and rescue work progressed, the bodies of more victims were salvaged, and the actual number of passengers on board far exceeded the number of registered passengers. Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa has declared the accident a “national disaster.”

On the 16th local time, Zimbabwean police announced that the death toll in the boat capsizing accident that occurred in Lake Kariba in the northern part of the country on the afternoon of the 11th had risen to 80. The Zimbabwean government said that at the time of the accident, 119 adults were on board and an unknown number of children were on board. Seventy-seven people have been rescued since the incident. Currently, search and rescue work is still ongoing. As the search and rescue work progressed, the bodies of more victims were salvaged, and the actual number of passengers on board far exceeded the number of registered passengers. Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa has declared the accident a “national disaster.”