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January 1, 2005

Beach of the Dead

Topics: Southeast Asia Earthquake and Tsunami

NEARLY 2000 tourists have been found dead on a single Thai holiday beach in the wake of the Asian tsunami disaster.

The tourists were found in Khao Lak, part of a 20-mile stretch of beach north of Phuket where 3500 corpses have washed up.

And it is feared thousands more bodies are yet to be found.

Thailand's death toll doubled overnight to 4500, pushing the number of casualties in the earthquake disaster to at least 126,000.

More than half of Thailand's confirmed deaths occurred in Phang Nga province, where police say up to 3000 bodies may yet be found among the five-star hotels and poor fishing villages.
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Posted by Hyscience at January 1, 2005 1:30 AM

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