Seven villagers searching for gold were trapped after flash floods on May 20.

Thai teams have joined the mission, as rescuers share photos of the treacherous conditions in the cave tunnel.

Rescuers are racing to reach seven people trapped in a cave in central Laos. The group entered the cave in Xaisomboun province on May 19 to search for gold, but heavy rain caused…

Rescuers are racing to reach seven people trapped in a cave in central Laos

Seven Laotian villagers entered a cave five days ago searching for gold and were trapped inside after heavy rain triggered flash flooding.

Seven have been stuck in flooded cave in central Laos for five days after heavy rain caused landslides

Seven villagers entered the cave in central Laos five days ago looking for gold when heavy rain caused flash flooding, trapping them inside.

A dangerous operation to rescue seven villagers trapped in a flooded cave for a week continues to unfold in a mountainous region of Laos, where experts are trying to beat bad…

Cave divers are squeezing through narrow, flooded corridors in a delicate operation to reach seven villagers trapped underground in a cave in Laos for nearly a week.

Rescue crews are racing to save seven people trapped inside a flooded cave in Xaysomboun province for six days

A search operation for seven villagers trapped inside a flooded cave in central Laos has entered its seventh day as rescuers encounter difficult terrain and weather in their bid…

Cave divers are squeezing through narrow, flooded corridors.

There has been no official confirmation on why the villagers went into the cave, although the rescuers involved said that they went in to look for gold deposits.

Locals entered the cave in search of gold and were trapped when heavy rains flooded it; 'confident' they are still alive because there is still air inside the cave; Divers from…

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Experts from Thailand who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of a youth football team from a Thai cave joined rescue efforts on Monday to extract the seven people, Laotian state…

BANGKOK — Cave rescue experts from Thailand who aided the dramatic 2018 retrieval of a youth football team joined efforts on Monday to extract seven people...

An international cave rescue team were in a race against time and the weather in Laos to find and bring seven people trapped in a flooded cave to safety.

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Seven villagers searching for gold were trapped after flash floods on May 20.

VIENTIANE, May 27 — Rescuers were “racing against time” today to extract seven people trapped in a flooded cave for a week in Laos, a specialist diver involved in the...