{"id":7119,"date":"2026-06-06T15:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/rescuers-stop-search-for-last-two-men-lost-in-laos-cave\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:35:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:35:39","slug":"rescuers-stop-search-for-last-two-men-lost-in-laos-cave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/rescuers-stop-search-for-last-two-men-lost-in-laos-cave\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescuers stop search for last two men lost in Laos cave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>The search and rescue team say it is too risky to continue the operation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Search and rescue teams in Laos have stopped the search for two men who were stranded in a semi-submerged cave.<\/p>\n<p>The search was called off on Saturday, a week after rescuers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/27\/rescue-teams-find-five-of-seven-trapped-in-laos-cave\">managed to find five other men<\/a> who also got trapped in the caves on May 20 while they were hunting for bats for food and searching the area for gold.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 4 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/27\/rescue-teams-find-five-of-seven-trapped-in-laos-cave\">Rescue teams find five of seven trapped in Laos cave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/5\/30\/aje-onl-nf_clip_first-survivor-rescued-from-cave-in-laos-290526\">First survivor rescued from flooded cave in Laos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/5\/30\/rescuers-free-four-more-men-from-flooded-laos-cave-two-still-missing\">Rescuers free four more men from flooded Laos cave, two still missing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 4 of 4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/5\/31\/aje-onl-nf_more-survivors-pulled-from-flooded-laos-cave-300526\">Emotional scenes as more survivors pulled from flooded Laos cave<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>One man was extracted by divers on May 29, and four were guided out the following day after water was pumped from a flooded cavern.<\/p>\n<p>Despite intensive search by local and international teams from Finland, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and Australia, the two remaining men could not be located.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Kian Lie, a Malaysian cave diver who was a part of the operation, told the AFP news agency they \u201cwere so close\u201d but \u201cthe water in the cave was already manageable, but the cave entrance started to become unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said continuing the operation would be \u201chigh risk\u201d, adding that the team will continue \u201cto manage the water by pumping and digging at possible resurgence points to let the water flow out faster\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps a miracle will happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Thai lead rescuer Kengkad Bongkawong said in a post on Facebook on Saturday that \u201cno one is allowed inside the cave\u201d because \u201cit is too risky for anyone to enter,\u201d but water pumping operations would persist outside.<\/p>\n<p>He said even though they do not know the current conditions of the two missing people, the best option is to reduce the water levels inside the cave.<\/p>\n<p>Kengkad said they have placed food at various points if the missing people manage to find their way out.<\/p>\n<p>He had earlier said rising rainwater flows had reduced the vertical space inside the cave to about 30cm (12in), half what rescuers worked in during the operation\u2019s earlier phases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom today onwards, the rain will become progressively heavier,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The search and rescue team say it is too risky to continue the operation. 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