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Laos dam collapse hits communities who already lost homes, livelihoods

Thomson Reuters Foundation Activists called for renewed scrutiny of hydropower projects in Laos after a dam that was under construction broke, killing at least 19 people as it swept away homes in flash flooding. More than 3,000 people need to be rescued in a remote part of the country’s south, where at least seven villages […]