Thailand cave rescue: Rescuers weigh boys' escape options

Rescuers are considering how best to bring to safety a group of boys trapped in a flooded cave network in Thailand.

The 12 boys and their football coach were found alive on Monday and have received medical treatment and food.

Divers reached them nine days after they entered the caves in the north of the country and became trapped by rising waters caused by heavy rainfall.

Earlier, the Thai military said the boys would need to learn to dive - or wait months for flooding to recede before they could get out of the caves.

Food would need to be sent in for the next four months if the scuba-diving option was ruled out, the military added.

It is believed that most of the group cannot swim, complicating what would already be a difficult rescue.