At least 26 people have died after a dam collapse in southeastern Laos caused floods downstream, local media reported Wednesday, while Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said 131 others are missing.The English-language Vientiane Times, citing a district governor, reported that the flooding left the homes of over 6,000 people under water. Thongloun said at a news conference that about 2,800 people in need of rescue have all been saved.A total of 5 billion cubic meters of water escaped when an auxiliary dam of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy Hydroelectric Power Project under construction in the Sanamxa…READ FULL ARTICLE
