CNN
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More than 100 folks had been rescued from an overloaded vessel prior to it hit a sand bar within the Florida Keys, in step with the USA Coast Guard.
The vessel hit a sand bar off Whale Harbor, the Coast Guard Southeast mentioned in a tweet. “There are reports of people in the water and our land partners are on scene,” the company mentioned. Whale Harbor is in Islamorada, within the Upper Florida Keys.
The rescue efforts are nonetheless ongoing for any person who could be within the water.
The Coast Guard didn’t understand how many migrants had been at the overloaded vessel or their nationality, and advised CNN that they’re coping with tough prerequisites.
Rescue crews were dealing with 6- to 10-foot seas and winds of 25 miles in step with hour as they are trying to soundly take away passengers, in step with an previous tweet from the company.
The rescue operations started this morning when a just right Samaritan reported the vessel to the Key West watchstanders at 5 a.m., the Coast Guard mentioned in a tweet.
On Sunday, the Coast Guard mentioned a minimum of 5 folks died after a selfmade vessel capsized close to Florida’s Little Torch Key. Nine folks had been rescued from the vessel, in step with the company.
