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Hundreds of people are missing and several are feared dead after a dam under construction in Laos collapsed on Monday evening

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Syv landsbyer oversvømmet: 17 personer har mistet livet efter dæmningkollaps
En dæmning er kollapset i den sydlige del af Laos, hvor 17 personer er døde, og hundredvis er meldt savnet.

Mindst 17 mennesker har mistet livet, efter at en dæmning mandag er kollapset i Laos, som er et af de fattigste lande i Asien.

Det oplyser en embedsmand fra det thailandske konsulat i landet til nyhedsbureauet AFP.

- 17 lig er blevet bjærget indtil videre, men vi kan endnu ikke give et estimat over, hvor mange der savnes, siger Chana Miencharoen.

En anonym embedsmand fra regeringen i Laos har tidligere onsdag morgen sagt, at hundredvis meldes savnet, skriver Reuters.

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Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number dead after a dam under construction collapsed in south-east Laos, state media reported.
The collapse at the hydroelectric dam in Attapeu province late on Monday sent flash floods through six villages, Lao News Agency said.

More than 6,600 people have been made homeless, it added.
Pictures showed villagers stranded on the roofs of submerged house and boats carrying people to safety.

"The disaster has claimed several human lives [and] left hundreds of people missing," the agency reported.

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Thai rescuers help 13 Laotians trapped by floodwater after a dam burst which left 127 people missing and over 10,000 in shelters in southern Laos.

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Lao dam collapse
A search for missing Laotians is under way after the collapse of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam in Sanamxay district, Attapeu province, on Tuesday.