Rescuers race to save two people still trapped in cave in Laos
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- Rescuers face heavy rains, equipment failures in search for two people trapped in central Laos cave by flash floods.
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- A drainage pump also broke, making the situation even more difficult, said fellow diver Yoshitaka Isaji of Japan.
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Rescuers face heavy rains, equipment failures in search for two people trapped in central Laos cave by flash floods.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A rescue team frees one of seven men trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in Laos, May 29 [AFP]By AFP and APPublished On 31 May 202631 May 2026Heavy rains have threatened to delay the search for two people who remain missing in a flooded cave in Laos, after five others were rescued after being trapped underground for more than a week.
Finnish diver Mikko Paasi, one of the first international rescuers to arrive at the site, told The Associated Press news agency that rains on Sunday had filled the cave up to the second chamber, preventing divers from entering until pumps can lower the water level.