Officials in the Philippines refused to give up hope of rescuing some of the 800 people missing after a ferry capsized during Typhoon Fengshen, even as high seas stalled efforts to get inside the vessel today.

Rescuers are looking at boring a hole in the hull of a capsized ferry in a desperate attempt to find survivors amid fears that more than 800 passengers and crew may have died as Typhoon Fengshen carved an erratic, deadly swath through the Philippines.