Forty-eight tourists who were stranded on an Island in the South China Sea were rescued as typhoon Talas approached its coast in the country’s south Guangdong province, officials here said on Sunday.
The tourists belonged to four camping groups visiting the uninhabited Nanpeng Island, some 35 kms east of Zhapo, Yangjiang city, according to the Ministry of Transport.
Due to typhoon Talas, this year’s fourth typhoon, the tourists, unable to return home themselves, had to be transferred safely to a rescue ship and a rescue helicopter dispatched by the Guangzhou-headquartered Nanhai Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Transport.