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Hundreds missing in Laos after dam collapse: state news agency
BANGKOK, July 24, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Hundreds of people are missing and an
unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam in
southeast Laos, state media reported Tuesday.
The accident happened at a dam in southeastern Attapeu province late
Monday, releasing five billion cubic metres of water with “several human
lives claimed, and several hundreds of people missing,” Laos News Agency
said.
The dam is being built by Xe Pien-Xe Namnoy Power Company, or PNPC.
BSS/AFP/MSY/1404 hrs