article_snippet.sent: A BBC Wales spokeswoman said: 'A BBC Wales spokeswoman are aware that a body has been found in the area where Jo went missing following a boating incident on Saturday . '
article_snippet.sent: A BBC Wales spokeswoman thoughts remain with Jo family, friends and colleagues at this difficult time.'
article_snippet.sent: Ms Powell - who combined working at the BBC with helping to run a hotel - was in Laos as part of a three-week holiday, starting in Bangkok.
article_snippet.sent: One of Jo group was marking her group 40th birthday .
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for BBC Wales, where Johanna Powell worked as a picture editor, said BBC Wales, where Ms Powell worked as a picture editor were 'very concerned' about BBC Wales, where Ms Powell worked as a picture editor missing colleague.
article_snippet.sent: BBC Wales, where Ms Powell worked as a picture editor spent Friday night on a boat like this, and had an overnight stay at the DP guesthouse in the village of Pakbeng.
article_snippet.sent: A work colleague described Cardiff resident Ms Powell, 37, as 'lovely, outgoing and always smiling' Adisak Star, the co-owner of cruise company Negi of Mekong that owned a boat like this, said they did not know what happened to Her brother-in-law.
article_snippet.sent: A work colleague said: 'Ms Powell was travelling with three women friends who have all been accounted for. '
article_snippet.sent: Friends in Cardiff are taking care of Ms Powell dog called Agatha Christie.
article_snippet.sent: After the accident the University of East Anglia graduate friends and the other survivors were taken to Luang Prabang and have been flown to Vientiane where the other survivors were being dealt with by consular officials.
article_snippet.sent: The owner of the cruise company whose boat sank while Ms Powell was a passenger vowed the other survivors would not give up looking for the University of East Anglia graduate.
article_snippet.sent: There are few roads and no telephones or mobile phone signal', Alex Chitdara, co-owner of rival company Shompoo Cruise said. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Picture editor for BBC Wales was on 'trip of a lifetime' to Laos with friends .
  