Photos: Laos Dam Disaster Leaves 24 Dead, Scores Missing

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27 July 2018 07:33 WIB

Aerial view shows the flooded area after a dam collapsed in Attapeu province, Laos July 25, 2018 in this image obtained from social media. Rescuers searched Wednesday for scores of villagers left missing when part of a newly built hydroelectric dam broke in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside and killing at least 24 people, officials said. MIME PHOUMSAVANH/via REUTERS

26 Juli 2018 00:00 WIB

In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018, photo, people on a boat are evacuated in the floodwaters from a collapsed dam in southeastern Laos. Rescue efforts are ongoing in villages flooded after part of a newly built hydroelectric dam was breached in southeastern Laos. Thousands of people lost their homes when the South Korean-built dam gave way on Monday, flooding surrounding villages. Hundreds took shelter in nearby towns, traveling by bus and pickup trucks and sleeping on plastic sheeting. Attapeu TV via AP

26 Juli 2018 00:00 WIB

Villagers are evacuated after the Xepian-Xe Nam Noy hydropower dam collapsed in Attapeu province, Laos July 24, 2018. "The water came so quick we just left the house and ran away," said Phon Vuongchonpu, whose family of 12 fled as the floodwater rose to roof level. "We've lost everything: motorbike, furniture our cows and pigs." REUTERS

26 Juli 2018 00:00 WIB

A villager takes refuge on a rooftop above flood waters from a collapsed dam in the Attapeu district of southeastern Laos, Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Bounyong Phommachak, a Red Cross official, said 24 bodies had been recovered and 96 people were officially listed as missing. He said by phone that about 6,600 people had been displaced from their homes. Attapeu Today via AP

26 Juli 2018 00:00 WIB

People walk through flooded area after being brought to safety by boat in Sanam Xay district, Attapeu Province, Laos after a hydropower dam under construction in Southern Laos collapsed, in this still picture taken from social media video obtained July 24, 2018. China's state news agency, Xinhua, which maintains one of the very few foreign news bureaus in Laos, reported that Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said at a news conference that 131 people were missing and the homeless totaled 3,060. He did not give a death toll. The discrepancies in the tolls could be due to difficult communications and heavy rains in the area which have hampered rescue efforts. ATTAPEU TODAY/ via REUTERS

26 Juli 2018 00:00 WIB

In this Tuesday, July 24, 2018, photo, people are evacuated through the floodwaters from a collapsed dam in southeastern Laos. Rescue efforts are ongoing in villages flooded after part of a newly built hydroelectric dam was breached in southeastern Laos. Photos and videos posted on social media showed people sitting on rooftops to escape the surging water, while others were carried to safety or rescued by boat. Attapeu TV via AP

26 Juli 2018 00:00 WIB