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On july 6, a retired thai navy seal died as he returned from an operation to deliver oxygen tanks to the group. yesterday, the boys' worried parents received their first direct communications from their children in more than two weeks -- handwritten notes sprung from the depths of the cave by navy seals. today, renewed hope after a team of divers emerged from the network of underground tunnels with four of the boys alive. rescuers are locked in a race against time. they're pumping water out of the cave system. ox jeb levels are also s ars a. another threat, monsoon rain likely to flood the cav...

Last few hours. the problem is, by later this afternoon we ramp up the rain agai again. anywhere from a half inch to an inch of rainfall. remember that half inch of rainfall is not just that. a lot more rain gets into the cave system because of the topography and the mountainside. this is typical for this time of year write where they get the worst of the trains, not just in july but heading into august as well. this is what i was talking about as far as the cave system which that's how the caves were formed. we have limestone, porous rock, centuries developing the cave system and that's what ...

And you can see that worrying trend, the rain picking up in intensity as we head into the early parts of next week. so if this is indeed, george, a day or two-day long rescue operation, time is of the essence, we all know that. we know that more rain is not a good thing for the rising floodwaters, but also bringing in the potential for oxygen concerns within those trapped chambers where the boys and rescue operations are under way. >> thank you. we'll keep in touch with you too. please stay with us. of course. and we'll keep you up to date on all of the things happening out of thailand. our cr...

And frequency in the hours and days as they go on. comparing this to 24 hours ago, it's a stark difference. really to see this rain filling in across the region. look -- this is neighboring louse. here's northern thailand, here's myanmar. this wasn't covered in cloud cover yesterday, but now we're seeing these showers pop up with more intensity and frequency as well. look at that just to the north and east. worrying trends. and the computer models really back this up as well. rainfall totals going forward over the next five days could easily exceed 50, even 75 millimeters of rainfall. a few in...

Until they can be extracted on stretchers. cnn has witnessed beds being prepared at a local hospital. that's one image of what we've seen so far. cnn's david mckenzie is live in northern thailand. david, it's all about the weather right now as crew dos their be -- crews do their best to get these children and this coach out. but from what we see, the rain's coming down strong. not good news. >> reporter: not good news. you can see the squall, possibly the monsoon moving through the mountains behind me. couldn't seechb see those mountains. it's significant, george, because that's where this cav...