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| Thailand cave rescue: Boys 'could be in cave for months' | |
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| The boys trapped in a Thai cave will have to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede, the country's army says. | The boys trapped in a Thai cave will have to learn to dive or wait months for flooding to recede, the country's army says. |
| Rescue operations are battling with rising water and are currently bringing in food and medical supplies. | Rescue operations are battling with rising water and are currently bringing in food and medical supplies. |
| The children will be supplied with food that could last at least four months, according to the military. | |
| The 12 boys and their football coach had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers on Monday. | The 12 boys and their football coach had been missing for nine days before they were found by divers on Monday. |
| The search for the group had gripped the nation as it was unclear where they were or whether they even were still alive. | |
| Families of the missing group were ecstatic at news of the rescue. | |
| The Tham Luang cave complex in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand is regularly flooded during the rainy season which lasts until September or October. | |
| If the children are to be brought out before then, they will have to learn basic diving skills to safely get through the dangerous corridors of muddy, zero-visibility waters. | |
| Attempts to pump the water levels lower have so far not been successful. |