Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) has recovered a lost canoe, but there was no sign of the three children who may have been in it.
Three children from Hulhudhufaaru in Raa Atoll were reported lost in a canoe two days ago.
MNDF said its search team was still searching for the missing children.
The team has so far searched 2000 square nautical miles by air, 635 square nautical mile by sea and 500 square meters by diving, the MNDF said.
There was 14 year-old boy and two nine year-old boys aboard the canoe when it left the island, according to police.
