Heavy rains threatened to delay the search for two people missing in a flooded cave in Laos on Sunday, after the rescue of five other people who were trapped underground for over a week.

Rescuers pulled four more people from a flooded cave in central Laos, a day after another trapped man was brought to safety, leaving two people still missing after more than a week underground.

A ⁠team of volunteers from neighbouring Thailand joined the rescue efforts last Sunday and further reinforcements, including ​divers from Finland, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan ​and ⁠Australia, h...