Brazil hit by second deadly ferry accident after vessel capsizes off Mar Grande
Search teams are frantically scouring the water for survivors after two passenger vessels founder within 24 hours.
Thursday 24 August 2017 21:53, UK
At least 22 people have died after a ferry capsized in Brazil, with reports of a one-year-old baby among the dead.
The latest tragedy happened in the bay off Mar Grande, near Vera Cruz, in the northeast of the country.
Naval commander, Flavio Almeida, said that 21 of the 133 aboard have been rescued.
Edvaldo Santos de Almeida, one of the 21, said: "It was raining, a wave came and the boat turned over.
"There were a lot of people on board."
The ferry served the short route between Mar Grande and the city of Salvador.
Meanwhile, the search continued for five missing after a ferry, called the Captain Ribeiro, sank in the Amazon region to the north, killing at least 21, bringing the combined confirmed death toll to 43 for both disasters.
It is thought the ferry may have sunk after getting caught in a storm.
Colonel Augusto Lima of the fire and rescue service said: "Searches are continuing above and below water.
"It's a hard-to-access the area and of the three aircraft we sent, one is there just to act as a communications base."
The Amazon waterways are one of the main forms of transport in a region which has relatively few roads.
The state government has declared three days of mourning.