Cargo ship missing as Hurricane Joaquin batters Bahamas

Rescue workers searched for a missing cargo ship with 33 aboard off the Bahamas Friday as Hurricane Joaquin battered the island chain, bringing everyday life in the popular tourist destination to a drastic halt. Contact with El Faro was lost Thursday as the "extremely dangerous" weather system began to bear down and efforts to locate the vessel by both air and sea have so far been unsuccessful, the US Coast Guard said. En route from Florida to Puerto Rico, the container ship was reported to be c