Twenty people were rescued alive. It is believed that a storm may have caused the tragedy.
At least sithis ppeople died and several dozen are missing due to the Shipwreck in Pará, northern Brazil, which was carrying 70 people.
The State Secretariat for Public Security and Social Defense reported that so far there are seven dead (among them a teenager and a child), about twenty people were rescued alive and there are around 40 missing.
La boat, called Commander Ribeiro, sank between the municipalities of Senador José Porfirio and Puerto de Moz on the night of Tuesday 22.08.2017), while heading from Santarém to Vitória do Xingu, with stops in the municipalities of Monte Alegre and Prainha.
The reasons for the accident are still unknown, although the Civil Police are investigating the events. According to the newspaper "Folha de Sao Paulo" the The main hypothesis is that a storm would have caused the shipwreck.
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