At least 10 people have died and another 60 are missing after a boat capsized in Nigeria’s southeastern Anambra state, officials said Saturday.

The vessel, with 85 people on board, capsized amid heavy flooding, trapping the passengers, said Thickman Tanimu, zonal coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency.

Witnesses said that the boat’s engine failed and it was overpowered by waves shortly after it launched.

The head of Anambra State Emergency Management Agency said 15 people had been rescued as of Saturday evening.

Anambra is among the 29 of Nigeria’s 36 states to have experienced heavy flooding this year. The waters have washed away homes, crops and roads and impacted at least half a million people.

Source: VOV5