At least three people dead after Chinese tourist boats capsize during storm

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers carrying out search and rescue operation at the site where two passenger boats capsized in Qianxi City (Xinhua/AP)

Two tourist boats carrying roughly 70 people between them have capsized in the Wu river in China’s southwestern Guizhou province, leaving 14 people missing and three dead, state media said on Monday.

As of Sunday evening, rescuers had pulled 50 people out of the water, according to the official Xinhua news agency.