Eleven women and three children have died after a boat sank off Yemen’s province of Hodeidah, the Houthi-run Saba news agency reported on Wednesday. The boat was carrying 25 people when it capsized late on Monday amid high winds and waves, sources at the Fisheries Authority were quoted as saying. It sank between the coastal area of Khoba and Kamaran Island, according to the report.

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