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Rescuers search for alternative route to reach two missing in flooded Laos cave

June 1, 2026 admin

Members of the Association of Volunteers for Lao People and international rescue teams continue efforts to locate 2 people believed to be trapped inside a flooded cave in Xaisomboun Province, Laos. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rescue workers in Laos searched Monday (June 1, 2026) for an alternative passage into a flooded cave where two people…

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Rescuers free 4 men who had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave, search for 2 still missing

May 30, 2026 admin

Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday (May 30, 2026) they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, the day after another one was successfully extracted. Two men remain missing. Lao and Thai rescue groups posted about the successful operation on social media, along with photos of the men lying…

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Search continues for seven villagers trapped in flooded Laos cave

May 26, 2026 admin

Metta Tham Rescue Kalasin rescuers work to reach seven people who have been trapped in a cave in Xaisomboun province, Laos on May 25, 2026. Photo credit: Metta Tham Rescue Kalasin via AP A search operation for seven villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in central Laos entered its seventh day on Tuesday (May 26,…

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