Foreign tourists missing as tidal waves slam Thailand's Phuket resort
BANGKOK (AFP) Dec 26, 2004
Huge tidal waves struck southern Thailand's popular resort island of Phuket Sunday, sweeping at least four foreign tourists out to sea, sinking boats and forcing the evacuation of hotels, officials said on state radio."As of now there are four foreign tourists missing and we are conducting a search," deputy Phuket governor Pongpao Ketthong said. A rescue worker said Phuket's major beach town, Patong, was flooded and that extensive damage had been reported.
All rights reserved. © 2005 Agence France-Presse. Sections of the information displayed on this page (dispatches, photographs, logos) are protected by intellectual property rights owned by Agence France-Presse. As a consequence, you may not copy, reproduce, modify, transmit, publish, display or in any way commercially exploit any of the content of this section without the prior written consent of Agence France-Presse.
|
|
