1.   Residents have been told to stay away from the region where the ship was grounded.

2.   They grounded the ship on a sandbar.

3.   Neighboring areas of southern Russia were also inundated, causing more evacuations, power outages and grounding several ships.

4.   Earlier reports said the ship was grounded.

5.   The crew deliberately grounded the ship off Manicani after a fire broke out and swiftly spread to the decks, he added.