At least 30 passengers including several students were killed when a boat sank in Congo’s northwestern Equateur province amid extreme weather, residents and local media said Thursday. A search was underway for many people still missing.

A boat tragedy in Congo's Equateur province took the lives of at least 30 passengers, including students, due to extreme weather. Recovery efforts are ongoing for those still missing after the vessel sank in Lake Tumba.

Several students are among 30 dead after a passenger boat sinks in Congo’s northwest, residents and local media say.