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Off the coast of the southern island of Crete, Greek authorities began a search and rescue operation on July 23, for several migrants who went missing after their boat carrying them sank due to high winds. So far Greek authorities have rescued 37 migrants including one child and a woman on the night of July 22. The submerged boat total had 45 migrants on board.

Villagers near Colombo’s Panadura beach in Sri Lanka broke COVID-19 curfew to rescue around 100 whales that had beached. The locals pushed the small whales back to sea. Upul Ranjith, the first-eyewitness fisherman, said he had never seen such an incident before. The coastguard and navy continued rescue-operations late into the night. While beaching remains a mystery to scientists, a record stranding of whales happened in September on… read-more

Gulf Livestock 1, a Panamanian livestock cargo vessel is feared being capsized in the storm of the East China Sea. The ship carrying 43 crew members and 5,867 cattle left Napier on August 14, and after a 17-day journey, was expected to reach China. Experiencing heavy winds and rain from typhoon Maysak, the crew sent a distress call. Reportedly, in a search organised by the Japanese coastguards, one chief crew member was rescued.