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Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people missing in Laos cave

Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people missing in Laos cave

Summary

Heavy rains in Laos are making it harder to search for two people missing in a flooded cave. Five others trapped in the same cave were rescued after being trapped for over a week.

Key Facts

  • Seven villagers entered a cave in Laos last week to look for minerals and were trapped by a flash flood.
  • One villager escaped and alerted rescue teams from Laos and Thailand.
  • Five people were rescued from the cave’s fifth chamber and are now receiving hospital care.
  • Heavy rains have filled part of the cave, delaying search efforts for the remaining two missing people.
  • International divers from several countries, including Finland and Malaysia, joined the rescue team.
  • Rescuers believe there might be a sixth chamber in the cave accessed through a narrow crack.
  • The rescued men left the cave between Friday and Saturday as water levels dropped.
  • Some rescuers helped in the 2018 cave rescue in northern Thailand, where 12 boys and their coach were saved.
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