Authorities have found the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon. The U.S. Coast Guard says the body was recovered Tuesday by U.S. Air Force divers searching the overturned vessel, called the Mariana. None of the other five crew were found inside the ship, and rescuers hope they made it to a life raft. The crew notified the U.S. Coast Guard on April 15 that the boat had lost its starboard engine and needed assistance. The guard lost contact with the vessel the next day and the overturned ship was spotted Saturday.

Searchers from several countries are scouring the Pacific near the Northern Mariana Islands for six crew members from a cargo ship that overturned during a typhoon that tore through the U.S. territory. The U.S. Coast Guard says an HC-130 Hercules crew from the U.S. Air Force 31st Rescue Squadron confirmed Sunday night that the overturned ship spotted Saturday is the cargo ship Mariana. It says the plane deployed boats and divers, who might use an underwater drone to search the overturned vessel if they can find a viable access point. It says the guard and partnering agencies from Guam, Japan and New Zealand have already covered more than 99,000 square miles in their search.

US Coast Guard searching for 6 after losing contact with disabled boat off Guam following Typhoon Sinlaku.

A super typhoon steadily battered a pair of remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean with ferocious winds and relentless rains. The storm shredded tin roofs and forced residents to take cover from flying tree limbs on Tinian and Saipan, which are home to 50,000 people. A spokesperson for Saipan's mayor says preliminary reports of damage from Super Typhoon Sinlaku include a lot of flooding, uprooted trees and downed power lines. There were no reports of deaths. The National Weather Service says the tropical typhoon was packing sustained winds of up to 150 mph when it made landfall on the islands.