Kiribati villagers rescued five people adrift for three months in the South Pacific
Five people, including two children, were rescued after three months adrift in the South Pacific, while four others remain missing, authorities said. Villagers found them Sunday off Fanning Island in Kiribati, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. The Coast Guard in Guam said the nine-person skiff was reported missing after failing to return to Ruo Island, Micronesia, on July 30.
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Five people, including two children, were rescued after about three months adrift in a skiff in the South Pacific, while four others aboard remain missing. The survivors were discovered Sunday by villagers near Fanning Island, Kiribati, ABC reported. The 20-foot skiff had drifted an estimated 3,355 miles east from the Federated States of Micronesia.
The U.S. Coast Guard in Guam said Tuesday the nine-person boat had been reported missing after it failed to return to Ruo Island in Micronesia on July 30. A 10-day search covering 33,000 square miles found no sign of the boat or its occupants. ABC reported the boat was caught in a storm.
Nursing officer Paukin Tororo told ABC all five were severely dehydrated and malnourished but showing signs of recovery. The Coast Guard said it was still gathering information about the four missing.
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CBS News and TRT World report that five people were rescued and four remain missing, consistent with the proposed event. Daily Record News only provides an unrelated AP news summary.