Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFive of seven villagers trapped in a flooded cave system in Laos have been successfully rescued after over a week underground. Two individuals remain missing, with heavy rainfall threatening to impede the ongoing search efforts. The villagers became trapped last week while searching for valuable minerals when a sudden flash flood blocked their exit. An international rescue team, including divers from Finland, Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, France, and Australia, is collaborating with Laotian and Thai teams. Rescuers are exploring a new theory that a narrow crack in the fifth chamber could lead to a sixth chamber, where the two missing individuals might be. In fullHeavy rain hits search for two villagers still trapped in Laos caveThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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Rescuers in Laos are trying to drain water from a flooded cave to free five villagers trapped for more than a week

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Specialist cave divers on a multinational rescue team are racing to rescue villagers trapped in a Laos cave for over a week. Follow for live updates.

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.

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Two others remain missing after group became trapped by rising water last week

Rescuers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days. One person was safely released a day earlier.

Villagers had entered the cave last week to look for valuable minerals before becoming trapped by flash flooding.

The villagers had reportedly entered the cave last week to look for valuable minerals before being trapped by flash flooding that blocked their way out. | World News

Rescue workers in Laos said Saturday they have safely evacuated four villagers trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days.

Heavy rains are threatening to delay the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos after the rescue of five other people who were trapped underground for over a week.

The remaining four men from a group of five were freed from the flooded cave on Saturday evening, in extraordinary and emotional scenes, as search efforts continue for two people…

Five of the seven men caught in the remote cave have been rescued

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Rescuers face heavy rains, equipment failures in search for two people trapped in central Laos cave by flash floods.

BANGKOK (AP) — Heavy rains threatened to delay the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos on Sunday, after the rescue of five other people who were trapped…

The villagers reportedly entered the cave nearly two weeks ago to look for valuable minerals such as gold before being trapped by a flash flood that blocked their way out.

Five villagers rescued earlier are providing new clues about the cave’s deeper passages

VIENTIANE, Laos: Rescuers searching for two men missing in a partially flooded cave in Laos for about two weeks said they were scouring for a new entry point on Monday (Jun 1) as…