(3rd LD) Four dead after typhoon strands Chinese fishing boats off S. Korea
SEOGWIPO, South Korea, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- A raging typhoon grounded two Chinese fishing boats in waters off South Korea's southern island of Jeju Tuesday, with four crew members confirmed dead and 12 still missing, South Korea's Coast Guard said.
A total of 33 crew members were aboard the two vessels, 17 on one and 16 on the other, when they were crippled in waters about 1.8 kilometers from the port of Hwasun in Jeju's Seogwipo around 2:40 a.m. amid gale-force winds and high waves caused by Typhoon Bolaven, the coast guard said.
