Parents in desperate hunt

DOZENS of parents, desperate to find missing children after massive tidal waves battered southern Thailand, turned up at a local hospital hoping that an unidentified two-year-old boy was theirs.

But all left disappointed, except his Swedish uncle, who said he found the boy after seeing a report on the internet.

He was identified as Hannes Bergstrom. It is believed his mother and grandmother died in the disaster. His father, Hannes, was found sitting on a road not far from the town of Khao Lak in Phang Nga province, shortly after surging waves swept away hundreds of tourists and trapped people inside flooded buildings.