Zhang Yingchun, Hunan's executive vice-governor, said more than 100,000 cubic meters of rock have been used in sealing off the breach, and crews had been sealing off 3.5 meters of the breach an hour.
Right at that moment, there's a spoon-shaped flap of cartilage called the epiglottis which acts like a lid and seals the airway off so that the food doesn't end up in the lungs by accident.
The first step is to hermetically seal off any means of escape, following which these forces wil not hesitate to go after their perceived enemies wherever they find them.
Once sealed off, the water in the affected compartments would rise to the height of the sea called the waterline but prevent the rest of the ship from flooding.
So sealed off are our memories, we project them forward, where they greet us as apprehensions of what is to come — rather than identifying themselves as legacies of unmasterable past anxiety.
The Hamas authorities have sealed off a refugee camp in Gaza city and forcing people to stay indoors in a bid to contain a spike in coronavirus infections.