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Missing Florida teens' boat found overturned and empty

(Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday afternoon found an overturned and empty boat belonging to two teenage boys who went missing off the Florida coast during a fishing expedition two days ago, according to media reports.

The 19-foot single-engine boat was located about 65 miles east of Daytona Beach and about 180 miles north of Jupiter, where the boys were last seen, ABC affiliate WPBF reported.

Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, remain missing.

Airplanes, helicopters and speedboats had covered more than 14,000 square nautical miles in the search for the pair, who were last seen on the white fishing boat in the waters of Palm Beach County, the U.