Thailand searches for last flood victim

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

TRANG, Thailand (AFP) — Rescue efforts continued Sunday for a missing woman, the only person still unaccounted for after flash floods killed 37 tourists who were cooling off in two waterfalls in southern Thailand.

Authorities resumed the hunt at dawn after torrents of water poured over the waterfalls Saturday afternoon in Trang, a seaside province 700 kilometres (440 miles) south of Bangkok.

However, only bodies and no survivors were pulled from the water Sunday, with local hospital officials reporting that 17 of the dead were children.

Trang governor Anan Manasvanich said all 37 of the victims had been identified and vowed to continue the search until the last person was accounted for.

"The two rescue teams of 150 are still working to find the last...