Thai Flood Kills 6 German Tourists
Pastor Dale Morgan
Thai Floods Kills 6 German Tourists*
The Associated Press
Saturday, October 13, 2007; 10:17 PM
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Six German tourists and a Thai tour guide were
killed after being swept away by flash floods while exploring a cave at
a national park in southern Thailand, police said Sunday.
The victims were trekking through the Khao Sok national park in
Surathani province late Saturday afternoon when a heavy rainfall caused
flash floods that sent water surging through the cave near a waterfall,
said police Lt. Col. Pichan Kanayasiri.
"The tourists were inside the cave and didn't know what was happening
outside," Pichan said. "They were trapped inside the cave."
Rescue teams worked through the night trying to save the group. A German
man and a Thai man were still believed missing, Pichan said.
The German victims were three women, two men and a child.
A Belgian tourist was killed by a flash flood in the same cave several
years ago, Pichan said.