According to the Guardian, divers entered Tham Luang Nang Non cave at about 11am local time.
the conditions that had triggered Sunday’s operation – declining water levels in the cave, the readiness of rescuers and the physical and mental health of the stranded boys – were the same on Monday morning and the rescue had commenced five hours’ earlier than expected.
“The factors are as good as yesterday [and] the rescue team is the same team with a few replacements for those exhausted,” said Narongsak Osatanakorn, the head of the joint command centre coordinating the operation. An official from Thailand’s forestry department said water levels were still declining in the cave thanks to thousands of pumps operating inside and had not been substantially affected by the intermittent rain of the past 48 hours. “The water level is not worrisome,” he said.
Sources at the site said the fifth boy emerged before 5pm local time and was leaving the entrance. Minutes later, an ambulance passed the media centre a few kilometres from the cave, followed by a helicopter passing overhead a short time later. About 6pm a sixth boy was stretchered from the cave and was being treated in a field hospital, a source said. An hour later a seventh had emerged with an eighth following soon after. www.theguardian.com/...