A diver describes the "emotional moment" when he found a group of men alive after they were trapped for more than a week in a Laos cave, while a South Australian renowned for his ability to navigate tight spaces joins the rescue mission.

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

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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Even before the men went into the Laos cave to fossick for gold, the rain has started. Their families told this masthead that they had been warned not to go, “but they didn’t…

Rescuers say extraction efforts complicated by low oxygen supplies, dark and narrow spaces, plus more rain

Hope has returned for the five trapped men deep inside a flooded Laos cave. For more than a week, they huddled together above the murky waters in the pitch black, more than 260…

A diver describes the "emotional moment" when he found a group of men alive after they were trapped for more than a week in a Laos cave, while a South Australian renowned for his…

The search to rescue two Laos villagers who are stuck in a flooded cave continues, according to emergency divers.

An Australian specialised diver will join the rescue effort to free Laos villagers trapped in a cave.

Rescuers are moving by fingertips and toes to rescue seven men trapped in a remote Laos cave.

Rescuers rejoiced as they found five of the seven men trapped in a Laos cave. But they caution a high-stakes extraction lies ahead, "and it ain't going to be easy".

Cave diving experts warn of tight and dangerous conditions in the cave, including mud walls at risk of collapse and the potential for more flooding.

Rescuers are still working to prepare for the challenging operation to bring the villagers out of the cave

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A team of specialist divers were headed to central Laos to help efforts to rescue seven people trapped in a cave after heavy rains triggered a landslide last week, a Thai…

The lead rescue diver told "CBS Mornings" earlier Friday that teaching the trapped miners how to scuba dive might be the only way to free them.

As divers continue their search for the people trapped inside a Laos cave for 10 days, rescue crews began their operation Friday to get the five other trapped victims.

Man is ‘safe and sound’ after perilous operation, leaving four inside a small chamber and two still to be located

The seven men had been trapped in the cavern in a remote mountainous area of central Xaysomboun province since May 20, when flash floods stranded them.

The seven men have been trapped in a cavern in a remote mountainous area for more than a week, after flash floods stranded them as they searched for gold.