A Laos rescue organization said that the water level inside the cave had receded enough for the four miners to leave with divers.

Five of the seven villagers trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Laos have been found alive, rescuers said on Wednesday.

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…

The search will continue, with two people still missing inside the cave.

Five villagers stuck in a flooded cave in central Laos for more than a week were found alive, rescuers said Wednesday, but two others are missing.

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…

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".

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

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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.

Seit zehn Tagen saßen fünf Bergarbeiter in einer engen Höhle im Norden von Laos fest. Bei der Rettungsaktion stoßen selbst erfahrene Höhlentaucher an ihre Grenzen.

One Laotian miner has been pulled from a cave in central Laos after being trapped for nine days underground, a Laotian rescue organization said.

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.

A rescue team freed on Friday one of seven men trapped inside a semi-submerged cave in Laos for more than a week, the group working at the site said.

Ongoing work follows successful evacuation of first survivor on Friday

Four more men trapped in a semi-submerged Laos cave for 10 days have been freed, rescuers said, after one was successfully brought to the surface a day

Laos officials believe two other men may still be missing in the cave, although rescue crews say they have explored most of the tunnels and have not found any survivors or bodies.

Mehr als eine Woche waren sie in einer überfluteten Höhle in Laos eingeschlossen: Jetzt haben sich vier Goldsucher offenbar selbst befreien können. Zuvor hatten Spezialkräfte…

A total of five people have now been rescued, while two remain missing.

A total of five people have now been rescued, while two remain missing.

Seit zehn Tagen saßen fünf Bergarbeiter in einer engen Höhle in Laos fest. Einer von ihnen konnte gerettet werden, die anderen befreiten sich selbst. Noch ist der Einsatz aber…