{"id":521743,"date":"2026-08-16T12:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=521743"},"modified":"2026-08-16T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:10:07","slug":"video-shows-deadly-ferry-disaster-in-zimbabwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/video-shows-deadly-ferry-disaster-in-zimbabwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows deadly ferry disaster in Zimbabwe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A ferry <strong>capsized on August 11 in Zimbabwe\u2019s Kariba Reservoir<\/strong>, leaving at least <strong>80 people dead<\/strong>, according to the information provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vessel overturned amid <strong>strong winds and rough waters<\/strong>, while rescue operations continue. Police are investigating how many people were actually aboard at the time of the accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ferry reportedly had a capacity of <strong>90 passengers and five crew members<\/strong>. Initial reports indicated that around <strong>120 people were aboard, including 108 adults and 12 children<\/strong>, although authorities have not ruled out the possibility that the actual number was higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-x\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 LAKE KARIBA TRAGEDY<br><br>An overcrowded ferry overturned after being hit by strong waves while traveling from Kariba to Chalala<br><br>The ferry was built for 90 passengers but had around 120 or more aboard<br><br>\ud83d\udc94 At least 44 killed, 67 rescued<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Zimbabwe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Zimbabwe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%93%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E5%90%8C%E6%99%82%E8%A6%96%E8%81%B4?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30a8\u30d3\u30e9\u30a4\u540c\u6642\u8996\u8074<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/KARIBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KARIBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kcYlwO8jRV\">pic.twitter.com\/kcYlwO8jRV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; GlobeUpdate (@Globupdate) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Globupdate\/status\/2087861007624335620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ferry capsized on August 11 in Zimbabwe\u2019s Kariba Reservoir, leaving at least 80 people dead, according to the information provided. The vessel overturned amid strong winds and rough waters, while rescue operations continue. Police are investigating how many people were actually aboard at the time of the accident. The ferry reportedly had a capacity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":521744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-521743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bJd","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4523.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/IMG_4523.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521743\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}