7:14 p.m. ET, July 3, 2018
The boys are trapped in a flooded cave and the monsoon season is just beginning
Rescuers have finally reached the 12 boys and their soccer coach. They were given pork and rice, and appear to be in good health, according to a medic.
But the challenge to remove the team from the flooded cave is just beginning because a monsoon season is underway in southeast Asia.
Rescuers are now trying to find the safest way to get the boys and their coach out of the cave as heavy rain grips the area.
CNN's meteorologist Jennifer Gray said the monsoon season will ramp up in the next couple of months, with the highest rainfall rates in July and August.
"In the short term, it looks like we're going to have some pretty good weather," Gray said. "So I think rescuers are going to take advantage of pumping some of that water out."
But the rain could pick up in a week, and the area could receive between 6 and 10 inches of rain, she said.