Three adults and two children rescued in South Pacific after being adrift for months

Five people, including two children, were rescued this week in the South Pacific island nation of Kiribati after being adrift at sea for three months in a 20-foot skiff, authorities said. 

They were part of a group of nine who set off on July 30 for what was intended to be a routine one-hour crossing between two South Pacific islands in Micronesia, when they were caught in a storm, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. 

Four of those who were in the original group remain missing. 

After the group was reported missing, the U.S. Coast Guard in Micronesia conducted a search, with help from the U.S. Navy and Air Force. The search was suspended on August 9 after covering 25,000 nautical miles, about 28,500 statute miles. 

It's not clear what happened to the four members of the group who remain missing.