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The search for the crew of a missing cattle ship believed to have sunk off the coast of Japan has been temporarily suspended.
The search was halted due to Typhoon Haishen, according to the Philippine government.
Two New Zealanders were on the ship, which left Napier in mid-August and headed for the east coast of China with 43 crew members and 5,800 cows on board.
JAPAN COAST GUARD / Things
A damaged Gulf Livestock 1 lifeboat, found by the Japanese Coast Guard 4 km east of Kodakara Island at 1611 (Japan Standard Time) on September 4. There was no one in the lifeboat.
The approaching typhoon is the second to hit the area in recent days.
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Typhoon Maysak hit southern Japan earlier in the week, injuring dozens of people and cutting off power to thousands of homes. According to a rescued crew member, the missing ship came to a halt when an engine stalled, then capsized and sank after being hit by a powerful wave during stormy weather.
Now three crew members have recovered after the apparent sinking, however only two have survived.
Brochure / Japan Coast Guard
A 30-year-old Filipino national was the second crew member of the capsized cattle boat ‘Gulf Livestock 1’. He was seen to the left of the life raft calling for help.
The total crew included 39 from the Philippines, two from New Zealand and two from Australia.
Rescue teams have found traces of fuel on the sea surface in the area, a sign of the ship’s submergence.
Rescuers also saw dozens of cow carcasses floating in the area, as well as a life jacket.
This satellite image shows Typhoon Haishen moving toward the Okinawa islands in southern Japan on Saturday.
Second typhoon approaching Japan
A powerful typhoon, the second in a week, was heading towards the Okinawa islands in southern Japan on Saturday (local time), prompting warnings of torrential rain and fierce gusts of wind.
Weather authorities have warned of Typhoon Haishen in recent days, urging people to prepare for what could be a record storm and prepare to take shelter and stock up on food and water.
The Japan Meteorological Agency said Haishen, with sustained winds of up to 180 km / h early Saturday morning, was on its way to reach Okinawa on Sunday and then to the southern main island of Kyushu.
But torrential rain, high tides and winds will hit before the typhoon, the agency said.
Lee Hae-yong
Parts of Asia are still reeling from the previous typhoon. In this image from South Korea, a citizen walks through a flooded area in Gangneung.
Okinawa is home to more than half of the roughly 50,000 US troops based in Japan under a bilateral treaty.
Haishen, or “god of the sea” in Chinese, was moving north at 15 km / h from the sea, south of Minami Daito, an island south of Japan. The projected course has Haishen hitting the Korean peninsula on Tuesday.
Meteorological agency official Yoshihisa Nakamoto said he was concerned that people would stay home rather than flee out of fear of the coronavirus.
“You should not avoid going out because of those fears,” he told reporters, emphasizing that local communities will have social distancing measures at evacuation sites.
