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Hundreds of people died and an unknown number died when, at the dam of a hydroelectric power station (HES), six people were inundated Monday in Laos, referring to local media, reported the BBC.
The incident occurred in the Samasai district in the south of the country.
More than six thousand people uninhabited as a result of floods
Local authorities asked the government and other communities for emergency badistance,
Prime Minister canceled government meetings to travel to the area affected by the accident.
In recent years, Laos has built several HES and plans to build even more with heavy rainfall and mountainous terrain. Laos exports most of its electricity to neighboring countries
Recent information shows that at least twenty people have died and more than a hundred have disappeared. Including 6,600 people without shelter.
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