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Heavy rains threaten to delay search for 2 people still missing in Laos cave
Heavy rains have filled the cave to the second chamber, and a broken pump is slowing efforts to reach the two missing villagers, rescuers said.
Seven villagers entered a cave in Laos to look for valuable minerals before being trapped by a flash flood that blocked their way out.
Rescue teams from multiple countries have been working to find the two missing people, with divers navigating over 200 meters into the cave system and finding five chambers.
Five of the villagers have been rescued from the fifth chamber, but the remaining two are believed to be in a potential sixth chamber that is extremely narrow and difficult to access.