Five people found alive after week trapped in flooded Laos cave

LAOS: Rescuers in Laos have found five villagers alive inside a flooded cave after they were trapped for a week following heavy rain and landslides.

Two other villagers who were with them are missing, Lao and Thai rescue teams involved in the operation said.

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The seven were part of a group of villagers from the central province of Xaysomboun who had gone into the cave on Wednesday last week in search of gold deposits and wildlife, but could not get out as the cave’s entrance was blocked.

Footage shared by the rescuers showed cave divers crawling through narrow, muddy passageways that were almost completely flooded.