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Search suspended for missing woman in Torres Strait

Elders said climate change had caused a devastating loss of culture.

Elders said climate change had caused a devastating loss of culture. Photo: TND

The search for a woman missing in the Torres Strait has been suspended after five days.

Police called off the search on Monday with no signs of the 68-year-old Atherton Tablelands woman, who was one of three people on board a boat that capsized on Thursday.

An emergency beacon was activated while the vessel was about three nautical miles off the southeast end of Mabuiag Island about 2pm, with a 34-year-old man and 22-year-old woman subsequently rescued after spending 90 minutes in the water.

They were taken to Thursday Island Hospital for treatment and have since been released.

Police launched a surface and aerial search involving multiple aircraft and vessels but all efforts have failed to find the missing woman.

– AAP

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