A break in the weather helped rescuers free some of the young soccer players trapped in a Thai cave Sunday — but their good luck…
A break in the weather helped rescuers free some of the young soccer players trapped in a Thai cave Sunday — but their good luck was set to dry as monsoon rains began to once again pelt the region.
“Today was the best day, the best situation in terms of the weather, the health of the boys, our water management for our rescue effort,” said rescue-operation head Narongsak Osottanakorn after four youngsters were rescued from the flooded Tham Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai province.
Recent dry weather allowed workers to pump nearly a foot of water from flooded portions of the cave to facilitate the daring rescue.
But the rains resumed during the hours-long extraction and were set to inundate the Chiang Rai province Monday and possibly Tuesday, potentially exacerbating what officials have called a “war with water and time.”
It could take between two and four days to save the remaining eight boys and their 25-year-old coach, depending on the weather.
With Post wires
