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Other teams and their equipment through to this location where they think this football team is. this location, it is called pattaya beach. it's a massive cavern, well known to locals. that's why they think these kids went all the way through the cave system to this particular spot. it is like a beach. the water apparently is crystal clear. but it's a large cavern. it's elevated. it's spacious. they think that it's dry. which is why they hope that that is where they are currently located. now, there's a mini command system -- command center i should say that has been set up several hundred met...

This is in the third chamber. and it's from here they are staging this massive operation. they say they are not leaving this cave until they find these 13 people. but george, as i say, day nine of the search, obviously the odds are getting slimmer and slimmer. from the air and from above the cave system they are looking for access points to drill down. but they're racing against the weather again. because we are expecting a change in the weather in the next couple of days, more rain, just to cause even more problems. george? >> anna coren, thank you for the reporting. please continue to keep i...

Against them. just to think two days after they went missing they were less than a kilometer from where they think these boys are now. it is now day nine in this search. that is just through the cave system. they're also working above ground as well, george, as we know, trying to get to those -- through those access points, potentially those six chimneys, to try and burrow down into the cave system to get to these boys, to get to their coach. and certainly before the weather turns bad again, which again they're expecting to happen in the next couple of days. >> all right. wanting to take advan...

It's expected to be dry. it's spacious. so if they did manage to get away from the flash floods, which hit the cave shortly after they entered last saturday, or i should say now nine days ago, they think they would have sought refuge here. now, one kilometer doesn't sound very far. but within this cave system it is particularly challenging. in fact, the governor said it is the most critical time. the navy s.e.a.l. chief, he said these are the most difficult conditions. these divers have managed to get to this t junction which is one kilometer from this site. but put this into perspective. last...

Cave earlier on. but then because of the -- it is the monsoon season here and the rains came through. they were actually pushed back. and then they had all these come in and we had the americans here, the australians, the swedes, the chinese all came in to give a helping hand. and today they got up to a section called the t-section. now, the t-section was around about 500 meters from the beach where they were going to push to. and they got caught there for awhile because the water was actually moving quite quickly through the place. also the cave system is quite narr narrow. and with all the e...