'I had no time ... I just held my kids and ran'

Laos villagers recall moment floods arrived after dam collapse

SANAMXAY, Laos - The floodwater struck his village as 35-year-old Chanxay Phaivongthe was about to go to sleep.

"I had no time to pick anything up and I just held my kids and ran," Chanxay said in Sanamxay District Middle School, which is now a makeshift shelter for victims after a dam collapse in Laos last week triggered flash flooding.