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Gale reaches Level 12 when ship carrying 458 people overturns ??(ECNS) - A gale reached?level 12 on the Beaufort scale when a passenger ship carrying 458 people overturned on Monday night in the Hubei section of Chinas Yangtze River, according to the local meteorological department in Hubei.?[Special coverage] The strong wind turned over the ship instantly, the Henan Business Daily reported. The ship was heading from Nanjing, capital of east Chinas Jiangsu Province, to southwest Chinas Chongqing city. Rescue work is still underway. Twelve people have been rescued so far and another five confirmed dead after a cruise ship carrying 458 people, most of whom were elderly, sank in Chinas Yangtze River overnight.[Special coverage] The Eastern Star, which left the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing at 1:15 p.m. Thursday bound for Chongqing Municipality on the upper reaches of the river, sank within one or two minutes of being caught in freak weather in Jianli, Hubei Province, according to the ships captain and chief engineer who survived the incident. The sinking could be the worst in China for decades. The water is 15 meters deep where the four-storey ship sank at around 9:30 p.m. Monday in the Jianli section of the Yangtze, according to the river navigation administration. At around 1 p.m., divers rescued a woman aged 65 from inside the ship. The ages of those onboard the Eastern Star range from 3 to 83 years, with most in their 60s and 70s. Three survivors, aged 37, 42 and 50, are being treated in a Hubei hospital. The maritime rescue center in Yueyang in neighboring Hunan Province, received an alarm call from the crew of another boat who saw two people in the water at 10:10 p.m. The center immediately sent a patrol boat and the two were picked up at 11:51 p.m. One of the survivors said he was the captain of the Eastern Star. Wang Yangsheng, senior official with the Yueyang Maritime Rescue Center, said the incident happened, so fast that the captain did not even have the t