Laos dam collapse evacuees grapple with uncertain road home

SANAMXAI, LAOS - A hard-boiled egg, gritty from a village boy's pocket, and a luminous sliver of moon were the only comforts for 70-year-old Phon as he spent two chilly nights perched for safety on the tin roof of his family home.

Below him lapped the edges of a murky wall of water - tall enough to dip his toes into when he dangled his feet over the edge of the roof - unleashed by the collapse of a dam in southern Laos.