DAR ES SALAAM, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 10 fishermen were missing and 550 others rescued on Friday after gusty winds swept through Lake Rukwa in Tanzania, authorities said on Saturday.

The 10 fishermen were still unaccounted for by 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) on Saturday, Chacha Mchaka, head of the Tanzania Fire and Rescue Force of the Rukwa region, told Xinhua.

Rescue work was underway to relocate the missing fishermen who were in their routine fishing activities when the gusty winds blew, said Nyakia Chirukile, the Rukwa region's Sumbawanga district commissioner.

The government dispatched an army helicopter and divers to the rescue operations, said Tanzanian Minister for Home Affairs Innocent Bashungwa. And several officials visited the scene of the disaster late Friday.

Lake Rukwa is the third-largest inland body of water in the country. Enditem

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