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PHOTO GALLERY: Ship capsized on China's Yangtze River with more than 400 on board




A woman is rescued by divers after a ship sank at the Jianli section of the Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Relatives of passengers on the ship that sank at Jianli section of Yangtze River in Hubei province, cry as they wait for news at an arranged hotel, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

An injured sailor of the ship which sank at the Jianli section of the Yangtze River is rushed to receive treatment upon arrival at a hospital in Jingzhou, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Rescue ships and workers are seen around a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

A rescue ship and workers are seen around a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Rescue ships and workers are seen around a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Rescue ships and workers are seen around a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

The sunken ship is seen in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Rescue workers are seen atop the sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Rescue workers work on a sunken ship in the Jianli section of Yangtze River, Hubei province, China, June 2, 2015 (Photo: Reuters)

Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, missing after a ship capsized on the Yangtze River in what was likely China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years.