Almost 1,100 foreigners missing in Thailand

Ten days after the disaster, the ministry for the first time gave separate figures for Thais and foreigners who are missing.

It said 3,423 Thais and 1,076 foreigners are still untraced. Officials have said earlier that most of them must be presumed dead.

The ministry's disaster mitigation unit said 5,265 are now confirmed dead -- 2,542 Thais, 2,510 foreigners and 213 whose race could not be established.

The waves hit resorts and fishing villages in six provinces along the Andaman Sea coast on December 26.

The hardest hit province of Phang Nga, where the devastated beach resort of Khao Lak is located, had 4,134 confirmed dead, of whom 1,921 were Thais and 2,213 were foreigners.

Krabi, which includes Phi Phi island, reported 686 deaths -- 288 Thais, 188 foreigners and 210 unidentified.

Phuket's death toll was 262 with 154 Thais, 105 foreigners and three unclassified. Ranong had 172 deaths including two foreigners.

Trang reported five deaths including two foreigners, and six Thais died in Satun.

Of the missing, 2,113 including 336 foreigners were listed in Phang Nga, 1,669 in Krabi including 579 foreigners, 700 in Phuket including 161 foreigners, 16 Thais in Ranong and one Thai in Trang.