{"id":135351,"date":"2024-12-10T06:39:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T23:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135351"},"modified":"2024-12-10T06:39:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T23:39:06","slug":"mystery-surrounds-empty-life-rafts-found-floating-at-off-florida-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=135351","title":{"rendered":"Mystery surrounds empty life rafts found floating at off Florida coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">FILE VIDEO: The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Clearwater rescued a man and his dog from a disabled sailboat on Thursday during Hurricane Helene. The 36-foot sailboat was taking on water approximately 25 miles off Sanibel Island, Florida.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><strong>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. \u2013<\/strong> Two empty life rafts found off the Florida coast are causing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Coast Guard<\/a> officials to seek more information about where the flotation devices came from.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/USCGSectorJacksonville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S. Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville<\/a>, a surveying vessel found the empty life rafts on Sunday, each with the capacity to hold 10 to 25 people, about 20 miles off the coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/cape-canaveral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cape Canaveral.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/288\/162\/rafts.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/576\/324\/rafts.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/720\/405\/rafts.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1440\/810\/rafts.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/rafts.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/1336\/752\/rafts.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/668\/376\/rafts.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Life rafts found about 20 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Life rafts found about 20 miles off Cape Canaveral, Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (US Coast Guard Jacksonville)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;The life rafts appear to be unused and seem to have been activated offshore Cape Canaveral, as indicated by the tracking device on board,&#8221; the USCG Jacksonville wrote on Facebook. &#8220;The details of the life rafts suggest a possible Search and Rescue (SAR) or military training exercise.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">With no other information, the Coast Guard said they treated the situation as a possible search and research scenario. After an active search on Sunday, teams suspended the search because the rafts didn&#8217;t appear to have been used for distress.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">USCG Sector <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/jacksonville\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jacksonville<\/a> has the rafts and will run tests on them on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Anyone with information regarding these life rafts is asked to contact the Sector Jacksonville Command Center at 904-714-7500.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/earth-space\/mystery-surrounds-life-rafts-found-floating-sea-off-florida-coast\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE VIDEO: The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Clearwater rescued a man and his dog from a disabled sailboat on Thursday during Hurricane Helene. 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