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Rescue operations are underway in Laos to find two men who have been missing for about two weeks in a partially flooded cave. Heavy rainfall is hindering the efforts of divers searching for the missing individuals in Xaysomboun province.

This ongoing search follows the successful rescue of five other men who were trapped in the same cave for a week due to flash floods. Rescue divers located them approximately 300 meters from the cave's entrance. One man was extracted on Friday, while the other four managed to find their own way out on Saturday. Rescue teams had been providing food and medicine to the trapped men and had been pumping water from the cave to facilitate their exit.

One of the survivors, identified as Laen, explained that the group had initially entered the cave to hunt bats for food. He also mentioned that they had hoped to extract some gold from old mining areas within the cave. The circumstances of the two missing men remain unclear, but the search continues despite the difficult conditions.

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the men had gone into the cave to hunt bats for food and then figured they could extract some gold from old mining areas.