China was facing up to an unfolding disaster in the murky waters of the Yangtze River on Tuesday.
The cruise ship, the Eastern Star, capsized late Monday in stormy weather along a stretch of the Yangtze that winds through central China's Hubei province, authorities said.
The bad weather hampered initial search and rescue efforts, according to state media. By Tuesday morning, divers were in the water and rescue workers were walking along part of the vessel's upturned hull that was sticking out of the water.
The divers knocked on the ship under the water and heard responses from inside, a state-run local newspaper reported. Welders were trying to cut the cabin open, it said.
