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Twelve children aged 11 to 16 and a 25-year-old adult are missing in a cave in northern Thailand for eight days. The warning was given on June 23, but the weather conditions of heavy rains and storms, which caused the flooding of the narrow channels of the cave in the cave of Tham Luang-Khun Nam Nang Natural Park, and who were responsible for the imprisonment of the youth football team and their coach also prevented the rapid progress of the search operations.
Although the disappearance took place eight days ago, the authorities hope to find the group of children and the adult alive. The belief is that they will be trapped in a central cavity, which includes a small island where they might have sought refuge against the rising waters.
However, this Sunday, the Thai authorities have reported that they are only one kilometer from the central cave. the miners and their mentor were missing. Improved weather conditions help operations.
On Saturday, last week, one of the cave guards noticed the existence of several bicycles at the entrance to the park and missed the group of children after the first day. closing time of the same thing. On the way to the central cave, in smaller cavities, and as the terrain became narrower and slippery, there were personal effects, including backpacks and shoes.
People were involved in the search and rescue missions of the children and their trainer. Including American soldiers and British divers.
The teams believe that the missing have sought refuge on a small island in the central cavity of the cave. Located in the north of the country, near the border with Burma and Laos, it is the fourth largest cave in Thailand, ten kilometers long, with many narrow pbadages and subject to frequent changes of tide [19659007]. On Sunday, rescuers, after several days of storms, make their way through the flooded tunnels, using dozens of water pumps. "We will not retreat, we will continue until we find the children," said the commander of the naval corps special Apakorn Yukongkaew, quoted by the Bangkok Post newspaper, according to the Lusa news agency.
. the rescue teams, although they have not yet been able to establish contact with the missing, have repeated the rescue exercises. According to the authorities, after a week of darkness in the cave, the victims may have eye and lung problems, so the removal should be done with extreme caution. Several hospitals in the region participated in the exercise.
Portable food boxes and mobile phones were launched last Friday through one of the wells of the cave, not far from where rescuers are waiting to meet the kids and their trainer.
In 2014, a man was taken out of a cave in Germany after 11 days of waiting. In 2012, in Peru, minors spent seven days in prison and in 2010, in Chile, the miners resisted 17 days in prison underground.
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