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Article: Ferry with 100 people aboard missing after cyclone
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- March 9, 2004
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AP Worldstream
03-09-2004
Dateline: ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar
A ferry with 100 people aboard was missing after it was caught in a weekend cyclone between the Indian Ocean islands of Comoros and Madagascar, port authorities said Tuesday.
The Samson disappeared in Cyclone Gafilo, which tore through northeast Madagascar early Sunday at a speed of some 235 kilometers per hour (146 miles per hour).
There has been no word of the 46-meter ferry since 8 p.m. (1700 GMT) Sunday, when it was reported at about 150 kilometers (93 miles) from its destination at the northwestern port of Mahajanga, according to the port captain, who gave his name only as Ralambo.
A fishing boat with nine people aboard was ...