One of the 17 miners trapped in Friday's coal mine flooding in Hunan Province has been found dead, rescuers said on Sunday.

The coal mine, in Heye Township, Guiyang County of Chenzhou City, was flooded at 7:50 PM on Friday after heavy rain poured into the shaft, according to local coal mine safety supervision authorities.

Rescuers are still pumping water from the mine and searching for the remaining 16 missing miners.

(Xinhua News Agency April 4, 2005)