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'Hundreds missing in Laos after dam collapse'
Published : Jul 25, 2018, 11:43 am IST
Updated : Jul 25, 2018, 11:44 am IST
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Hundreds missing in Laos after dam collapse
Hundreds missing in Laos after dam collapse

Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam in southeast Laos...

Hundreds of people are missing and an unknown number believed dead after the collapse of a hydropower dam in southeast Laos, state media reported. The accident happened at a dam in southeastern Attapeu province late yesterday, 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.

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