• One of six missing crew members from a cargo ship found dead after it overturned during a typhoon.
• Search operations continue for five other crew members and a life raft in the Northern Mariana Islands.
• Super Typhoon Sinlaku brought winds up to 150 mph, causing significant damage in the area.

Authorities confirmed that divers recovered the body of one of the six missing crew members from a cargo ship called the Mariana, which overturned during Super Typhoon Sinlaku near the Northern Mariana Islands. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that U.S. Air Force divers used an underwater remotely operated drone to search the vessel and located the body on Tuesday. Additional divers from the Japan Coast Guard further examined the ship but found no other missing crew members, according to CBS News, SCMP, and Los Angeles Times.

The Coast Guard noted that searching for the remaining five crew members and a 12-person orange life raft continues in the vicinity of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The ship crew had contacted the Coast Guard on April 15 to report a loss of engine power during the storm, but contact was lost the following day, as detailed in reports from CBS News and Los Angeles Times.

Super Typhoon Sinlaku struck the Northern Mariana Islands with sustained winds of up to 150 mph, leading to substantial damage and flooding. The Coast Guard, alongside agencies from Guam, Japan, and New Zealand, has been covering over 99,000 square miles in search operations, equivalent to the size of Oregon. Heavy winds complicated initial efforts, but the overturned vessel was eventually spotted about 40 miles northeast of Pagan, according to SCMP, CBS News, and Los Angeles Times.

As the search continues, the Coast Guard expressed sympathy for the affected families, with Cmdr. Preston Hieb stating, "Our hearts are with the families of the Mariana crew members and the communities impacted by this tragic incident." Cleanup efforts are in progress, with affected areas now receiving supplies after the ports reopened for commercial traffic, according to CBS News and Los Angeles Times.