 Rescuers searched on May 8 for survivors from an overcrowded tourist boat that capsized in South India leaving at least 22 people dead. Police said the exact number of people on the boat that capsized on May 7 evening in an estuary near the town of Tanner in the Kerala state had yet to be confirmed, adding that a search was being conducted for the owner of the boat who had absconded. Words cannot describe this catastrophe, Kerala's chief minister Pinray Vijayan told reporters. According to local media, police initially estimated that around 40 people including children were on board the boat, with most of the passengers believed to be domestic tourists. The state government and police said they had launched investigations into the accident.