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Five people found alive after week trapped in flooded Laos cave
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- Two other villagers who were with them are missing, Lao and Thai rescue teams involved in the operation said.
- Footage shared by the rescuers showed cave divers crawling through narrow, muddy passageways that were almost completely flooded.
- Bounkham Luanglath of the Lao organisation Rescue Volunteer for People told the Associated Press the search for the missing would continue.
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Patrick Jackson Reuters. The cave system, which extends deep underground, is also extremely narrow, with some chambers measuring only about 50cm (20in) wide, rescuers say Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week following heavy rain and landslides.
Two other villagers who were with them are missing, Lao and Thai rescue teams involved in the operation said.
The seven were part of a group of villagers from the central province of Xaysomboun who had gone into the cave on Wednesday last week in search of gold and wildlife, but could not get out as rain and landslides blocked the cave's entrance.
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