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Hurricane Ian: 20 migrants still missing in waters off Florida

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Residents walk on a beach while water is being blown out of Tampa Bay ahead of the expected arrival of Hurricane Ian, on September 28, 2022 [Shannon Stapleton/Reuters]

A boat carrying more than two dozen migrants has sunk off the coast of Florida, a United States government official said, as crews searched for 20 people that remain missing as Hurricane Ian slams the US state.

Walter Slosar, chief patrol agent at the US Border Patrol’s Miami Sector Headquarters, said on Wednesday that law enforcement agencies had launched a search-and-rescue mission after the vessel sank “due to inclement weather“.

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