Cargo ship hits barge in Storm Angus

A 200m-long cargo ship hit a barge full of rocks in the English Channel, as Storm Angus battered the south coast of England overnight.

Eleven of the 23 crew members were evacuated by helicopter after the ship got into difficulty off Samphire Hoe near Dover.

The remaining 12 members on board are working towards getting the vessel moving with the aid of a French tug.
Storm Angus has lashed the south of England with high winds and rain.

'Major incident'

The coastguard declared the situation "a major incident", with two helicopters involved in evacuating the crew.
The cargo ship was dragged into the rock barge by severe winds, after losing all of its engine power.
Andy Roberts, an RNLI volunteer with the Dover Lifeboat House, said although the Saga Sky was damaged and had been taking on water, there was "no sign of pollution".
"The vessel has managed to get its engines going. So the vessel itself is making its way south, towards Dungeness Point," he told the BBC.
Storm Angus - the first named storm of the season - has brought gusts of up to 106mph, recorded 23 miles off the coast of Margate, while gusts hit 80mph at Langdon Bay, both in Kent.