DOZENS MISSING AFTER BOAT OVERTURNS
A boat carrying dozens of Chinese tourists overturned Thursday afternoon in rough seas off southern Thailand and 49 passengers were unaccounted for, a local governor said. Strong winds were still blowing as searchers looked for the missing off the tourist island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea.
Phuket Governor Norraphat Plodthong said 48 passengers were rescued from the boat, with 49 unaccounted for.
A police official had earlier said 90 people had been rescued from the boat and just seven were missing. The reason for the discrepancy was not clear.