Salvador: Two Brazilian ferry wrecks in as many days left at least 39 people dead, authorities have said, as rescuers searched for several more who were still missing. "We deeply regret the loss of tens of lives in the boat accidents in Para and Bahia," two states in the north of the country, President Michel Temer said on Twitter. Regional authorities in north-central Para state said 21 people were confirmed dead so far after a boat sank on the Xingu river late on Tuesday. That vessel, the Capitan Ribeiro, had 49 people on board, 23 of whom were rescued. Emergency teams were still searching for 5 more, the department said in a statement. Separately, the navy said 18 people died when a ferry sank off the northeastern state of Bahia. Naval commander Flavio Almeida lowered the death toll in that accident from an earlier count of 22. That boat had at least 120 people on board.