Tourists rescued from flooded cave, guide drowns
published : 7 Aug 2024 at 14:22
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Supapong Chaolan
A tour guide drowned when a flash flood swept into Nam Talu cave in Khao Sok National Park on Tuesday evening.
The 22 foreign tourists and a second guide escaped without serious injury.
The cave is closed to the public from June to November each year because of the danger of flooding.
It was not known why the guides ignored this and took the tourists inside on Tuesday.
A flash flood poured into the cave about 7.30pm as the group of 22 tourists and two guides were walking out of it.
One of the guides was washed off his feet and carried back into the cave. The others in the party were able to resist the current and were led to safety by rangers. Two Dutch women received minor leg injuries and were treated at a local hospital.
Rangers started a search for the missing guide. His dead body was found inside the cave about 3.20am on Wednesday.
Vocabulary
- cave: a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground - ถ้ำ
- current: a strong movement of water in one direction - กระแสน้ำ
- escape (verb): to get away from a place; to leave a place where you are in danger - หนี
- flash flood: a flood that happens suddenly without warning - น้ำที่เกิดท่วมในที่ต่ำโดยฉับพลันทันทีและไหลลดลงอย่างรวดเร็ว
- guide (noun): a tourist guide, a person who brings tourists to interesting places to see on a tour - ผู้นำเที่ยว
- ignore: to intentionally not listen or give attention to - ทำเพิกเฉย
- injury (noun): physical damage done to a person or a part of their body - อาการบาดเจ็บ
- rangers (noun): people whose job is to take care of a park, a forest or an area of countryside - เจ้าหน้าที่ดูแลป่าหรืออุทยาน
- resist: to oppose or fight against someone or something - ต่อต้าน
