The boat, called the Kim Nirvana, was heading from the port of Ormoc to the island of Camotes when it overturned.
BREAKING: Boat bound for Camotes Is. capsized off Ormoc City pier. Initial info: More than 100 people onboard pic.twitter.com/cAcLp8SJA8
— ABS-CBN News Channel (@ANCALERTS) July 2, 2015
BREAKING: Coast guard says 36 dead, 19 missing, 118 rescued in ferry capsize in Philippines
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 2, 2015
Dozens of survivors were found clinging to the hull of the capsized boat approximately half a mile (one kilometer) off the coast, according to Ciriaco Tolibao from Ormoc's disaster risk reduction and management office.
At least 33 dead after Philippine ferry capsizes: govt | via @AFP pic.twitter.com/BCscsvKBBo
— GMA News (@gmanews) July 2, 2015
Tolibao, however, did not clarify the number of people who were rescued and the number of those still missing.
Photo: Emergency services respond to capsized ferry off Ormoc City, Philippines — via ANCALERTS pic.twitter.com/4SbH3sA68A
— Miroslav Georgiev (@mirogeorgiev97) July 2, 2015