Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people still missing in Laos cave
Heavy rains have filled the cave to the second chamber, and a broken pump is slowing efforts to reach the two missing villagers, rescuers said.
- Seven villagers entered a cave in Laos to look for valuable minerals before being trapped by a flash flood that blocked their way out.
- Rescue teams from multiple countries have been working to find the two missing people, with divers navigating over 200 meters into the cave system and finding five chambers.
- Five of the villagers have been rescued from the fifth chamber, but the remaining two are believed to be in a potential sixth chamber that is extremely narrow and difficult to access.
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Two out of seven villagers are still missing. An additional team is looking from the outside for a second access to the cave to be able to rescue them.
Rescue workers frantically searching for the last two missing people in the flooded cave in Laos report hearing a "knocking sound" coming from the cave system. Heavy rainfall threatens to severely hamper the rescue operation.
Rescuers seek new route to two missing in Laos cave
VIENTIANE, Laos: Rescuers searching for two men missing in a partially flooded cave in Laos for about two weeks said they were scouring for a new entry point on Monday (Jun 1) as heavy rain slowed divers' efforts inside.Rescue divers found
Rescuers in Laos are searching for an alternative route into a flooded cave where two other locals are believed to have been trapped for nearly two weeks after heavy rains flooded the main entrance and made it impassable. They are wondering if they heard a response to their knocking - they have heard sounds at least twice in the past 24 hours that could be the prisoners' knocking in response.
Rescue teams in Laos say they are investigating a possible “response to blows” inside a network of flooded caves where two men are believed to remain trapped.
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