SURAT THANI, June 11- Thailand’s southern province of Surat Thani on Monday declared half of its 19 districts as flood disaster zones, while a body of an Egyptian tourist who went missing in a flash flood in Phang-nga last week was retrieved. Surat Thani Governor Cherdsak Chusri announced that the ongoing flood affected over 44,000 […]
PHANGNGA, June 10 – Rescue workers are searching for an Egyptian tourist who went missing in a flash flood in Phangnga, while one police volunteer was injured in a storm-related incident in Trang. The tourist was whitewater rafting in the Klong Songphraek stream and went missing three days ago in the flash flood. Read more: […]
Authorities say a Russian jetliner with at least 44 people on board has gone missing near the Indonesian capital. Search and rescue officials say the Sukhoi Superjet 100 disappeared from radar south of Jakarta while on a demonstration flight Wednesday afternoon. Read more: VOANews.com
A double-decker ferry capsized late Monday in the Brahmaputra River near Guwahati, India. The ferry was over capacity when a storm caused it to overturn and break in half. The ferry passengers were mostly women and children. Officials estimate there are at least 200 casualties. Inclement weather hindered rescue attempts and as of Tuesday, 103 […]
JAKARTA, 9 April 2012 (IRIN) – Recent cases of missing children in Indonesia have raised concerns about human trafficking and a lack of law enforcement resources to combat it, say child welfare activists. At least 182 children aged 0 to 12 were reported missing by their parents in 2011, up from 111 in 2010, the […]
Two girl students are missing after a motorboat with five students and an operator on board capsized in the middle of the Chao Phraya River in front of a temple in Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani province on Tuesday. Pol Lt-Col Sanoh Thaboon of Sam Khok police station said the incident happened in front […]
A German-owned boat mysteriously went missing from Pattaya Beach late on Friday Night after its owner left the boat to enjoy a night out in Pattaya. Mr. Franz Josef Bauhmann aged 70 is the proud owner of the “White Pearl” and he travels up and down the coastline on a regular basis. On Friday Night […]
Philippine President Benigno Aquino declared a state of national calamity on Tuesday, as authorities work to recover the bodies of those killed by flash floods on the southern island of Mindanao. Disaster agency officials said Tuesday that 957 people have died so far as a result of the floods which began in the early hours […]
