24 hours ahead to be crucial

British cave expert Vern Unsworth, who lives in Thailand, said the conditions were getting worse and there was now a narrow window in which the group could escape.

"I think we'll know in the next 24 hours … We'll cross our fingers – everyone needs to pray and hope."

Boys aged 11 to 16, as well as their football coach, were trapped in the flooded cave of Tham Luang for 12 days

arrives, and Mr. Unsworth said the rain that had already fallen had caused a dramatic increase in levels of water. water in the cave

"The essential thing is to try to put the children safe. We must continue to hope. The water levels increase, we had a lot of rain during the night. "

He said that the water temperature was cold, although the air temperature was not a problem.

none of them is a diver and some do not even know how to swim, they have also been weak after spending days without food, but they are gaining strength after receiving high-protein drinks.

Authorities insist that they will not begin the rescue mission that has touched the entire world. "We must be 100% sure that there is no risk for the boys before evacuating", Narongsak Osottanakorn, governor of Chiang Rai Province, told reporters

. "We will take care of them as if they were our own children," he said. to use diving masks and breathing apparatuses, he adds, but because of the safety of the muddy shore that remains for the moment their sanctuary.

Leaving the cave will not be easy. It will take about one kilometer to dive, which was not possible at one time. In total, it was to last three hours.

Another British expert, Gary Mitchell, described the difficult conditions. "There are pockets of air along the way," he told The Associated Press

"These are confined spaces – it's almost zero visibility." also has some currents to fight in some places.Therefore, it's a really very painful environment. "

Doctors and nurses were seen moving up to the entrance of the cave flooded last night, fueling speculation that an attempt was imminent.

The medical staff was filmed The staging area was lower down the slope and moving toward the entrance to the cave as reports progressed, the rescue mission could begin as early as this morning.

DIVING COURSE

Clbadmates and friends of the schoolchildren would also have been near the entrance to the cave singing supportive songs.

After a day of sustained pumping efforts, the water levels inside the complex declined and the violent currents subsided.

However, it was before the rain that hit the area yesterday afternoon.

The newspaper reports that it was said that fast water currents inside the cave have stopped and that the monsoon rains The rescue conditions are as good as possible .

The Royal Navy SEALs taught boys and their coach – who can not swim – how to breathe in good shape.

But the authorities warned that all 12 schoolchildren, and their trainers, could get out of the cave at the same time.

The governor of Chiang Rai province, Narongsak Osatanakorn, said yesterday that "every May 13"

"If the situation is right and that person is 100% ready, he can go out",

The Thai authorities worked with the Navy SEALs to run a fiber optic internet line in the flooded cave so that phone calls could be made in and out.

NEW VIDEO OF LAUGHING BOYS

Despite the imminent danger, the children appeared in a new video while laughing as they greet the camera to say that they are in good health.

The images, ad On the Navy SEAL's Facebook page, led by 11 of the 13 team members, everyone makes a traditional Thai gesture in front of the camera before introducing himself by his nickname and saying "I am in good health. "

appeared to be wearing they were found late Monday and most were wrapped in aluminum warming blankets.

The 12 schoolchildren in baggy football outfit and their trainer were discovered yesterday for jubilant celebrations, but he was warned the operation to guide them through the 2km system of the cave could take up to 25 years. at four months.

Divers who entered the cave, according to a Dutch diver working in Thailand, had to write their names on the wall as part of an initiation ritual.

Sky News reported that Dutch diver Ben Reymenants, who runs a diving school in Phuket, had made contact with the boys.

He said the boys ventured into the Tham Luang Nang No Complex to write their names. on the walls, a flash flooded them ..

"They left their backpacks and their shoes before wading there, trying to go to the end of the tunnel as an initiation for young boys local, "he said. RESCUE OPTIONS

Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda said that the evacuation of boys "must accelerate" as soon as possible before d & # 39; other rains do not exacerbate the floods

. children – who can not swim through a narrow underwater pbadage in the cave.

"If something happens halfway it could be life threatening."

] "Diving is not easy, for people who have never done it, it will be difficult, unlike diving in a pool, because the characteristics of the cave have small channels. "

There are some other options on the table if it does not work and

The authorities are planning to dig them out of the cave, but if that does not work, it could cause the cavern in which the cave is buried. team is a refugee.

Rescuers could drain the caves enough to allow the boys to wade or float with lifejackets.

The last option is to leave them there for three to four months until the rains subside.

The Group of 13, who disappeared when the floods trapped them In the cavern that they were exploring on June 23 after a football match, they were found by divers late Monday night in the northern cavern from Chiang Rai Province during a desperate search.

The effort attracted international aid. ] Detective Su Thomas Hester said that the team of six divers from the Australian Federal Police was facing "incredibly difficult" conditions.

Rescuers requested 15 small and very small full face masks, suggesting that divers were preparing a rescue mission. […] The media was informed that it was too dangerous to use a conventional breathing apparatus as it could easily be knocked out during the dive. and their 25-year-old coach was described as being in good health and being cared for by seven SEAL members of the Thai Navy, including doctors, who stayed with them inside the cave. They were mostly in a stable state and received high-protein drinks.

It was revealed that the boys visited the cave to attempt a local initiation rite in which they had to scribble their names on a wall at the end of the tunnel. As efforts to pump flood waters continue, it is clear that some areas of the sprawling cavern can not be drained, said Paojinda, a member of the ruling military junta in Thailand

. He added that poor weather forecasts for the weekend might require the use of dive equipment while being guided by professional divers.

million. Anupong said the boys would be brought on the same route as their rescuers. He conceded that if something went wrong, it could be disastrous.

Yesterday, a video published by the Thai Navy showed the boys in their soccer uniform sitting in a dry place inside the cave of Tham Luang Nang.

Cave rescue experts have said that it could be safer to simply provide them where they are for now, rather than trying to get the boys to dive. This could take months, however, as the Thai rainy season will generally last until October.

Arpakorn Yookongkaew, commander of the SEAL, said that there was no rush to get them out because they are safe where they are

. A doctor and a nurse were with them in the cave.

"We gave boys food, starting with easy-to-digest and high-potency foods with enough minerals," Arpakorn said at a press conference. The cavern was one of the options considered, but if we use this plan, we need to be sure that it will work and that we will have to do an exercise to make sure it is 100% safe, "he said. he said. The governor of Chiang Rai Province, Narongsak Osatanakorn, said the health of the boys and the coach was checked using a field badessment in which the red is a critical condition, the yellow is serious and the green is stable. green state, "he said. "Maybe some of the boys have minor injuries or injuries and would be clbadified as a yellow condition."

Family members who had been watching the entrance to the cave since the beginning of the year. The test was delighted with the news that their boys and their coach had been found.

"I want to give him a hug. I miss him a lot," said Tham Chanthawong, a coach's aunt. "In those 10 days, how many million seconds was there? I missed it every second."

BOYS FOUND ALIVE

Rick Stanton and John Volanthen, two British speleologist divers, found the group about 300-400 meters after a section of

In the 5-minute Navy video, the boys wore their football uniforms and were calm, curious and polite .

They were also enthusiastic. to have food. After an initial exchange in which a rescuer determines that all 13 are present, one of the boys asked what day he was, and a rescuer replied, "Monday, Monday."

The rescuer told them "You are very strong." The traditional Thai children's reserve for adults broke out slightly after a while, and one boy said to another in Thai, "Tell them we're hungry." [19659005] "We have not eaten," said a boy in Thai, then in English: "We must eat, eat, eat!" A rescuer badured them that "SEALS sailors will come tomorrow, with food and At the end of the video, a boy asked in English, "Where do you come from?"

The rescuer replied, "England, UK." In addition to the protein drink, Narongsak has said that they were given He said that the officials met and agreed on the need "to ensure the s curity 100% for boys when we leave them. "

" We worked so hard. to find them and we will not lose them. "Diver Ben Reymenants, a member of the rescue team, told NBC channel" Today "that he was" very Surprised to see that they are all alive and in good mental health. "While they seem receptive," they are very weak and very skinny, "he added. The easiest option would be to "keep pumping the water out of the cave." They need 3 or 4 feet more so that they can literally float them with lifejackets. "[19659005"Buttimeisnotontheirside"hesaidbecauseofheavyrainsHeaddedthattwoThaiNavydoctorsvolunteeredtostaywiththemformonthsifnecessary

The British Cave Rescue Council, whose members participate in the operation, said in a statement: the diving conditions remain difficult and any attempt to dive the boys and their trainer will not be taken lightly because There are significant technical challenges and risks to consider.

Other experts from around the world and US teams, Australia, China and elsewhere.

Authorities said the efforts would continue outside the cave, where teams have traveled the mountainside to find other entrances to the caves. Several cracks have been discovered and teams have explored some, but so far, none has led to boys trapped

– with sons