Heavy rainfall threatens to delay rescue quest at cave in Laos

HEAVY rainfall yesterday threatened to delay the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos, after the rescue of five other people who had been trapped underground for more than a week.

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Finnish diver Mikko Paasi, one of the first international rescuers to arrive at the site, told the Associated Press that rains had filled the cave up to the second chamber, preventing divers from entering the cave until pumps can lower the water level.