BREAKING UPDATE:

"Chinese emergency workers have managed to right the passenger ship ‘Eastern Star’ that capsized in severe weather on Monday night with 456 people on board. The move comes as hopes of finding any more survivors from the Yangtze River tragedy are fading.

The death toll from the catastrophe rose to 82 early Friday morning. Only 14 individuals have been rescued, including the captain.

A ship carrying more than 400 people and some 50 crew members capsized and sank on Monday night while on the way from China’s eastern Jiangsu province to the southwestern city of Chongqing, leading to China's worst shipping disaster in decades.

Two orange cranes were used to right the ship. Earlier, holes had been cut into the ship and hooks welded in. A net was used to lift the ship, which was floating on its side nearly completely submerged."

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"A ship carrying more than 400 people and some 50 crew members from the eastern Chinese Jiangsu province to the southwestern city of Chongqing sank in the Yangtze River, local authorities have said. No more than 20 people are known to have been rescued.

The vessel sank Monday night in the Jianli County, Hubei Province, according to the Yangtze River Navigation Administration cited by Xinhua. The ship, named Dongfangzhixing (Eastern Star), was heading to Chongqing from the city of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province.

According to Dongfangzhixing’s captain and chief engineer, who were among the rescued, the ship abruptly sank after being hit by a cyclone."

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