A ship from Cuba capsized within the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search by which 9 individuals have been nonetheless lacking Wednesday after 13 have been rescued, the U.S. Coast Guard mentioned.Crews of two Coast Guard cutters have been nonetheless trying to find the lacking on Wednesday, the service mentioned.The boat carrying 22 individuals capsized at about 8 p.m. Monday after departing Cuba, survivors advised the Coast Guard.Tropical Storm Elsa would have been crossing Cuba east of Havana on the time, and its outer bands would have been affecting the seas.A bulk service ship’s crew discovered individuals Tuesday afternoon within the water some 26 miles southeast of Key West, reported this to the Coast Guard and rescued a few of them, the service mentioned. A Coast Guard cutter responded to the world, and its small boat crew rescued others from the water, the Coast Guard mentioned. In complete, 13 have been rescued, in keeping with the service. Fifteen individuals earlier had been reported rescued.Survivors advised the Coast Guard that 9 individuals — seven males and two females — are lacking.
A ship from Cuba capsized within the storm-hit Straits of Florida this week, spurring a search by which 9 individuals have been nonetheless lacking Wednesday after 13 have been rescued, the U.S. Coast Guard mentioned.
Crews of two Coast Guard cutters have been nonetheless trying to find the lacking on Wednesday, the service mentioned.
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The boat carrying 22 individuals capsized at about 8 p.m. Monday after departing Cuba, survivors advised the Coast Guard.
Tropical Storm Elsa would have been crossing Cuba east of Havana on the time, and its outer bands would have been affecting the seas.
A bulk service ship’s crew discovered individuals Tuesday afternoon within the water some 26 miles southeast of Key West, reported this to the Coast Guard and rescued a few of them, the service mentioned.
A Coast Guard cutter responded to the world, and its small boat crew rescued others from the water, the Coast Guard mentioned. In complete, 13 have been rescued, in keeping with the service. Fifteen individuals earlier had been reported rescued.
Survivors advised the Coast Guard that 9 individuals — seven males and two females — are lacking.
