25.10.07

Thai flash flood

"Six foreign tourists, including a German, and their two Thai guides died when a flash flood engulfed their cave in southern Thailand, officials said Sunday.
A district official said the other victims may be from Germany, Switzerland or Britain but that information on their identities was still sketchy.
Seven holidaymakers were trekking with their guides on Saturday in Kao Sok National Park in the province of Surat Thani, 645 kilometres (400 miles) south of Bangkok, when heavy rain caused a stream in the cave to rise suddenly.(...)"

Full article: afp.com

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