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JAKARTA, INDONESIA - RESCUE teams searched on Friday for 11 missing people after a wooden fishing boat capsized in rough seas off Indonesia's Central Java province earlier this week, an official said.
Brebes district search and rescue team leader Ade Raharjo said that more than 20 rescuers, including navy divers and police, were still searching for survivors after the accident on Wednesday.
'We hope that the weather will be more calm today (Friday) to enable us to keep searching for the missing,' he said, adding that bad weather hindered rescue efforts on Thursday.
The fishing boat was found upside down early on Wednesday off the northern coast of Java, Mr Raharjo said.
Wild weather this week had stopped hundreds of fishermen from sailing off Indonesia's main island of Java, he said.
Earlier in the week, high waves struck coastlines across Indonesia's eastern islands, claiming two lives and forcing hundreds to flee their homes. -- AFP
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