Rescue work underway in villages flooded by Laos dam breach
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Rescuers were searching Wednesday for hundreds missing in villages flooded when part of a newly built hydroelectric dam was breached in southeastern Laos.
SK Engineering & Construction, one of two South Korean partners in the project, said in a statement late Tuesday that the top of one of five auxiliary earth-fill dams at the project "got swept away" on Sunday night after heavy rains.
Repair work for the earth-fill dam was hampered by heavy rain, and damage worsened on Monday, causing water to overflow and flood seven out of 12 villages in the area, the company said. It was helping with rescue efforts and trying to contain further damage.
