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Evening Standard
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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Hurricane Helene: Man and his dog rescued 25 miles out to sea as storm hits

A man and his dog have been rescued from the ocean off the southeast coast of the US after a sailboat began to sink as Hurricane Helene approached Florida.

They had been sailing on a 36-foot boat on Thursday when it became disabled and began taking on water around 25 miles out to sea, said US Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater on Friday morning.

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