{"id":4778,"date":"2026-07-24T12:34:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:34:48","slug":"guyana-ferry-death-toll-rises-to-72-as-search-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/2026\/07\/24\/guyana-ferry-death-toll-rises-to-72-as-search-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Ferry Death Toll Rises to 72 as Search Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Georgetown: The confirmed death toll from the Guyana ferry disaster has risen to 72, as recovery teams continue searching for victims following the capsizing of a state-operated ferry off the country&#8217;s coast.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said 76 people were rescued from the vessel, which was carrying an estimated 179 passengers when it sank. Recovery operations are continuing with the support of a multinational team, which is also working to salvage the partially submerged ferry.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guyanese government has warned that up to 100 people may have lost their lives, raising the possibility that the incident could become the deadliest maritime disaster in the country&#8217;s history.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Mark Phillips said search crews have expanded the operation to cover a wider area and remain committed to recovering everyone believed to have been on board, allowing families to give their loved ones a proper burial.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cause of the ferry&#8217;s capsizing has not yet been officially determined, and investigations into the tragedy are ongoing.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgetown: The confirmed death toll from the Guyana ferry disaster has risen to 72, as recovery teams continue searching for victims following the capsizing of a state-operated ferry off the country&#8217;s coast. Authorities said 76 people were rescued from the vessel, which was carrying an estimated 179 passengers when it sank. Recovery operations are continuing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4778"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4780,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778\/revisions\/4780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colorsnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}