Please Correct my Mistakes

Years ago, I traveled abroad by ship with my family,and before my traveling the trip l   heard in from the weather news that there would be a sandy storm which would hit the country and the coastal places.

What do you mean by  sandy storm ? I have heard only of sand storm , but its in the desert!

l felt scared and l wished/hoped to cancel this tour, but it was difficult to do so.After that we went to the pier, and the ship set off after midnight.

The weather was cold, and we were surrounded by darkness from all sides.

surrounded> it already meanings on all sides

After a while, the weather became worse, and there was a fierce sandy storm that moved the ship from right to left and vice versa.

Everything inside the ship were made unstable , and most of the passengers were shouting  shouted and screaming , and some of the passengers were vomiting and others were feeling seasickness.

The crew started to calm the passengers down, but they failed to do that.At that In a state of apprehension, l had a bad case of the jitters, and the only idea thought in my mind that control my thought was what I should do if the ship were to sink and how can l I could help my family from drowning in such a scenario. this case. l was also afraid from of shark attacks if the ship were to sink would have been sunk. All of these negative ideas thoughts increased my fear more and more until l lost my consciousness.