Search ends for survivors of capsized boat off Florida

The US Coast Guard has called off a three-day search for 34 people lost at sea off Florida from a boat that capsized while engaged in what officials suspect was an attempt to smuggle migrants into the United States from the Bahamas.

Round-the-clock search operations were ended at nightfall, hours after US authorities reported recovering four more bodies, bringing the number of confirmed fatalities to five.

A lone survivor was rescued on Tuesday morning after a tugboat crew found him clinging to the mostly submerged hull of the overturned boat.

He said none of the 40 people aboard had been wearing life jackets.