Xaisomboun
Coverage of Xaisomboun in the Nexus archive.
- Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people still missing in Laos cave
Heavy rains in Laos are delaying the search for two missing people in a flooded cave where five others were recently rescued after being trapped for over a week. International divers and rescue teams are working to navigate narrow, water-filled passages to locate the remaining individuals, but challenges include broken equipment and low visibility.
- Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people still missing in Laos cave
Heavy rains in Laos are delaying the search for two missing people in a flooded cave where five others were recently rescued. International divers and local teams are working to navigate narrow, water-filled passages to locate the remaining individuals.
- Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people missing in Laos cave
Heavy rains have delayed the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos, where five others were recently rescued after being trapped for over a week. International rescuers, including divers from multiple countries, are working to locate the remaining individuals, with five rescued survivors providing information about potential deeper cave passages.
- Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people missing in Laos cave
Heavy rains in Laos are delaying the search for two people missing in a flooded cave, following the rescue of five villagers trapped for over a week. International rescue teams, including divers from Finland, Malaysia, and other countries, are working to locate the remaining individuals, with hopes pinned on a narrow crack leading to a potential sixth chamber in the cave system.
- Rescuers free 4 men who had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave, search for 2 still missing
Four villagers trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for 10 days were successfully rescued, while two remain missing. International rescue teams, including those from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, and others, assisted in the operation, which involved divers delivering supplies and evacuating survivors.
- Rescuers free 4 men who had been trapped in a flooded Laos cave, search for 2 still missing
Rescuers in Laos have freed four men trapped in a flooded cave for 10 days, with two still missing. International teams from Laos, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, France, and Australia are assisting in the operation.
- Rescuers evacuate the first of 5 villagers found trapped in a cave in Laos; 2 still missing
Rescuers in Laos have evacuated the first of five villagers trapped in a flooded cave for over a week, with four others awaiting evacuation and two still missing. International teams from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, and France are assisting in the operation, which faces challenges from rainstorms and narrow, flooded cave passages. Villagers entered the cave to search for minerals before being trapped by flash flooding.