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@AnneABarker: Row of Ambulances Heading to the Site of Thai Caves
Speaking by loudspeaker, Thai authorities ordered Sunday the evacuation of the area around the Tham Luang cave so that & # 39; 39, a "rescue operation" can take place. Evaluate the situation now, it is necessary to evacuate the area for the rescue operation, "said Mae Sai police commander, Komsan Sa-Ardluan.
" Those who are not related to the rescue operation, please evacuate the area immediately. "
Speaking of the site, Anne Barker, ABC correspondent, said:" It is clear that if the rescue has not yet begun, "
Thai authorities announced on Sunday that monsoon rain clouds were threatening the country's mountainous north
The media were also prevented from entering in the cave and moved about 500 meters from the operations center. .
A driving rain hit northern Thailand during the night, worsening conditions in the cave where rescuers were waging a "war against water and time".
"[It’s] It seems like there will be heavy rains around noon" Barker told ABC News
"Once the heavy rains hit, that was always going to be the deciding factor." monsoon rains begin to flow back into the cave, water levels will rise, no matter how much they pump all that water, what they have been doing continuously for two weeks now.
"So they have to enjoy the water levels as low as possible, as they have been in recent days. "
Time is running out to save
With falling oxygen levels and predictions There is not much time left for boys – some ages 11 and under – to dive into narrow, waterlogged pbadages that could challenge experienced speleologists.
( 19659013) The message of cautious hope of Narongsak Osottanak orn comes a day after the death of a Thai rescue diver, a sinister turning point in what started two weeks ago as an adventure to celebrate the victory. On the hill, where rescuers are looking for alternative routes into the cave, another accident occurred on Saturday night: a vehicle skidded on a dirt road, seriously injuring the driver and a pbadenger and injuring four others.
Earlier At the mouth of the cavern, lines of frogs and soldiers lit by flashlights emerged from the darkness as the generators struggled and pumped water into pipes. blue nylon. Thai army soldiers were resting on rocks outside the cave, two of them saying that the superiors had told them that the rescue operation would probably start on Sunday. or the next day.
Authorities tightened a security cordon. the cavern, further giving the feeling that a rescue could be imminent.
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Frog lines and soldiers are seen working inside the cave. Mr. Narongsak, a former provincial governor, told reporters that the conditions were currently "perfect" and that the next three to four days were "the perfect time for rescue".
"The current situation, with the levels of air and water and the health of boys, is the best for the moment," he adds
"We are always at war with water and time. The discovery of the boys inside the cave by British divers Monday "was only a small victory," he said.
For the first time since their discovery, the boys communicated by letter with their parents – many camped outside the entrance to the cave. The boys wrote with homesickness and humor.
Parents also had short letters delivered to boys by divers.
Many parents made it clear that they were not angry at their sons. They also do not blame the boys' coach, Ekapol Chatarawong, 25, for putting their children at risk.
The billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted Saturday that a life capsule and an inflatable tube that he was developing could be used for rescue.
The Thai Ministry of Defense has stated that a team from a Musk company with know-how in drilling and exploration is expected to reach the cave on Sunday.
Several monks in orange robes were sitting near a small shrine with two gold statues. the mouth of the cave, chanting, while an average-aged woman kneeled and prayed in front of them
An badistant said that the ceremony was to "open" the door. entrance to the cave to allow the boys to return home safely. Thai rescue teams are organizing a water pumping system at the entrance to the cave. "title =" Rescue team inside cave "width =" 700 "height =" 467 "/>
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Thai rescue teams are organizing a water pumping system at the entrance to the cave. (AP: Royal Thai Navy)
Diver 'double positive' on the rescue mission
Ivan Katadzic, a Danish diving instructor who carries oxygen tanks in the cave, said after a dive Friday that he was "double positive" on the mission because the water level had dropped considerably.
Katadzic did not plunge the last kilometer where the boys are stranded on a muddy shore, the most dangerous part of the dive, during which lifeguards must hold their oxygen tanks in front of them for sneaking through submerged holes.
Alternative rescue plans include storing the cave with reserves and an oxygen line to keep the boys alive until the end of the Thai monsoon or by drilling a well in the forest . Narongsak stated that the drillers had to drill 600 meters of fragile limestone rocks to reach the boys and that the rescuers were discussing drill angles
In addition to the possible holes, the team on the hill was trying to block the holes.
"It's all a race against the clock," said Kamolchai Kotcha, a forest park manager with the cave complex
. He said the hill to try to finish his work before the rain came,
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July 8, 2018 05:46:20
