[Ferry Disaster] Death toll from sunken ferry rises to 262
Social affairsMay 6, 2014
Twelve more bodies were retrieved from the sunken ferry Sewol on Monday, raising the death toll to 262 and lowering the number of those missing to 40, 19 days after the ship sank off South Korea's southwest coast.Divers have completed an initial search of 61 of the 64 compartments where people are expected to be found, officials said.The Sewol has a total of 111 compartments.After combing through the compartments, divers plan to search public spaces such as lobbies, staircases, shops, arcades an