Floating mattress saves baby

Floating mattress saves baby from Malaysia's tidal waves
A 20-day-old baby sleeping on a mattress survived when she floated to safety after Malaysia's Penang island was hit by killer tidal waves, local media reported. S. Tulasi was sleeping in a room behind her father's food stall on Penang's Batu Ferringhi beach when the waves hit.
"We were all caught off guard. I was thrown several metres away but managed to hold onto one of the posts," A. Suppiah, 55, was quoted as saying by the Bernama news agency.
His wife, Annal Mary, 40, fought her way through the swirling waters to the room where the baby was sleeping.
"Thank God the mattress was floating in about 1.5 metres of water and my baby was crying," said Suppiah.

13-year-old survivor found in Yala
by Florence Wickramage
A little boy of around 13 years has been found in the jungle areas around Patanangala early yesterday morning, three days after the tidal waves devastated the National Park, Director General, Department of Wildlife Conservation Dayananda Kariyawasam told the Daily News yesterday.
Hardly able to speak as a result of shock, the boy who is the only survivor of the disaster had said that his name is Nuwan Appu from Kalawana. The boy has been admitted to the Tissamaharama Hospital for treatment