Boat accident

THREE people died and one was still missing after their boat capsized off the shore of Weifang City in East China’s Shandong Province, local authorities said yesterday.

Fifteen people went fishing on a boat on the sea near the Sendamei Port in Weifang on Saturday. The boat capsized due to bad weather around noon.

Search and rescue work was launched. As of 8 a.m. yesterday, 14 people had been found. One was dead and two others with serious injuries died later in the hospital.

The rescue team is still searching for the missing person.

Road damaged

THE only road leading to the Mogao Grottoes, a renowned UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northwest China’s Gansu Province, was damaged by floods, local authorities said yesterday.

From 10 a.m. Saturday to

9 a.m. yesterday, heavy rain hit the city of Dunhuang, where the grottoes are located. The area around the Mogao Grottoes received around 40.4 mm of precipitation during the period.

Heavy rain triggered floods in the Daquan River that runs in front of the Mogao Grottoes. The shortest distance between the river and the heritage site is no more than 100 meters.