Rain, high water complicate cave search for Thai soccer team

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(AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Rescue workers gather at the entrance of a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Heavy rains are hampering efforts to rescue the 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been mi... (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Rescue workers gather at the entrance of a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Heavy rains are hampering efforts to rescue the 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been mi...
(AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Rescue workers walk out from a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Heavy rains are hampering efforts to rescue the 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing inside... (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Rescue workers walk out from a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Heavy rains are hampering efforts to rescue the 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing inside...
(AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Songpol Kanthawong, 13, sits with his father Noppadon Kanthawong, right, in a tent for families and friends to wait for news outside the cave where his soccer team and coach went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, N... (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Songpol Kanthawong, 13, sits with his father Noppadon Kanthawong, right, in a tent for families and friends to wait for news outside the cave where his soccer team and coach went missing in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, N...
(AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Prayer offerings are displayed as rescue workers continue the search for the young soccer team and their coach that went missing in a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Effo... (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). Prayer offerings are displayed as rescue workers continue the search for the young soccer team and their coach that went missing in a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Effo...
(AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). A soldiers rests as rescue teams continue the search for the young soccer team and their coach that went missing in a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Efforts to rescue th... (AP Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa). A soldiers rests as rescue teams continue the search for the young soccer team and their coach that went missing in a cave in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Efforts to rescue th...

MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) - Rain is continuing to fall and water levels keep rising inside a cave in northern Thailand, frustrating the search for 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been missing for nearly four days.

At the entrance to Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Chiang Rai province, officials are bringing in large water hoses and more water pumps on Wednesday morning. Navy SEAL divers who have been working their way through the sprawling cave complex say water levels inside are rising in some places at a rate of 15 centimeters (6 inches) per hour.

A volunteer rescue worker says the navy team has been working "all night last night at the farthest chamber we can access."

Officials have previously said they believe those missing are still alive.

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