At least 44 dead after ferry capsizes in Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba
The number of deaths had previously been recorded at 15 by officials. It was then raised to 37 earlier on Wednesday. Zimbabwe's national disaster management agency said 77 people had been rescued.
The state broadcaster ZBC News reported that children were among the dead.
Police said in a post on X that bodies had been retrieved from the lake that forms part of the border between Zimbabwe and Zambia, but they did not update how many people were injured or missing.
They said that investigations suggest the boat was overloaded when it capsized during heavy winds.
Zimbabwe's national disaster management agency said 77 people had been rescued.
One of the two crew members who survived, Anyway Chambati, said: "Some of us survived by standing on top of the capsized hull."
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