{"id":346699,"date":"2026-05-26T15:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/7-people-have-been-trapped-in-a-flooded-cave-in-laos-for-a-week-after-floods-blocked-their-exit\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:00:28","slug":"7-people-have-been-trapped-in-a-flooded-cave-in-laos-for-a-week-after-floods-blocked-their-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/7-people-have-been-trapped-in-a-flooded-cave-in-laos-for-a-week-after-floods-blocked-their-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"7 people have been trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for a week after floods blocked their exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/u9wSzdQYAm4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"7 people have been trapped in a flooded cave in Laos for a week after floods blocked their exit\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u9wSzdQYAm4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Rescue divers are crawling through tunnels as narrow as 60cm to try to reach them. An expert from the 2018 Thailand cave rescue has joined the operation. Their condition remains unknown.<br \/>\n#LaosRescue #caverescue <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue divers are crawling through tunnels as narrow as 60cm to try to reach them. An expert from the 2018 Thailand cave rescue has joined the operation. 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