At least 15 people died and 316 were rescued after a ferry sank off the Philippines’ southern coast, authorities said on Monday. Search and rescue is ongoing.

An inter-island ferry with more than 350 on board sank off the southern Philippines after midnight. Rescuers saved at least 316 passengers and retrieved 15 bodies.

A ferry with more than 350 people onboard sank Monday morning in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 15 dead and 28 still missing, the coast guard said.

More than 350 were on board the inter-island ferry from Zamboanga to Jolo island when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday morning near an island in the southern Philippines,