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Best possible chance of getting these boys out. now you'll have a big dump of rain but it will be patchy. and that mountain behind me that you see is where that cave system is, there was a big dump the water down directly on the catchment area. and that could mean that the water will be flowing into that cavern system quite dramatically. though they are pumping out water as fast as they can, it presents a real danger to the teams and the boys should that water start flowing back in. that may mean they may have to be flex nbl their plans. but at this stage the way it's going to work is that as ...

Race against time. >> so jonathan, they brought four out today. if they use the same number of people, do we presume that when they go back, they're going to bring four more out and then have another hiatus or try to bring out all eight at once? >> reporter: well, you know, things change. the situation is fluid. i think the plans may change because of this extremely heavy rain. it's been raining for hours here now. it's a huge catchment area. as the water pours into that, it's funneled down into that cavern system. goodness knows how quickly that water table can rise. the pumps find it hard to...

About the last third of the exit would have been this wading through caverns which have been drained of water. so not as perilous as the early stages, but i think it's given people a lot of hope that those four have emerged. but with torrential rain here tonight and a huge catchment area with water feeding into that underground cavern system and the water table rising, concern growing for the eight remaining boys and their coach left down below. >> right. the more water, the less air generally speaking. do the other boys and the coach inside the cave have any idea that these first four have ma...