80 people are still missing and feared buried in a landslide in the remote area of Wulong County in the Chongqing municipality of China. A mountain collapsed onto an iron ore mine and six houses in the area. The workers, residents and even passers by could be trapped. Seven...
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Residents of Lone Grove Oaklahoma searched for survivors today after a tornado touched down in their town yesterday. About eight bodies have been recovered from the debris so far, but residents are still...
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The International Red Cross accused Israel on Thursday of "unacceptable" delays in letting rescue workers reach three Gaza City homes hit, where they requested safe passage for ambulances on January 3rd but were...
At least seven persons were killed and 63 others injured while over a 11 were still trapped under the debris as a five-storey shopping plaza collapsed in Pakistan’s garrison city of Rawalpindi near capital...
Is poor construction the cause of this collapse?Sadly it looks like this could be the problem with designers and contractors being held.Update 11/17/2008 0548 PST"Update 11/17/2008 0548 PSTBEIJING (AFP) – The...
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A small plane carrying a British family has crashed on the east coast of Ireland, killing everyone on board. The plane is thought to have gone down on Saturday in a remote area, but rescuers were unable to fund it...
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"HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Federal supplies of food and water will be available to Houstonians affected by Hurricane Ike on Monday, an official said Sunday after Houston's mayor voiced concern about the aid. ...
Once the storm passes, those caught in Hurrican Ike's path from Galveston to Houston must now deal with the aftermath. Cleanup and rescue efforts are hampered by severe flooding as rescue workers race to aid those...
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A 20 year old British woman has been injured in a remote part of Siberia. She was there studying the forest as a zoology student."An alert beamed 3,700 miles around the world has sent rescuers to the aid of a British woman injured in the remote forests of eastern Russia.The...
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"CALDWELL COUNTY, N.C. -- Rescuers found an injured mother who disappeared five days ago in Caldwell County, N.C. Her truck crashed down a 70-foot ravine.Amber Pennell, 21, was pinned in her truck for five days...
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Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...
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An Italian mountaineer, Marco Confortola, has been rescued from the K2 mountain located in Pakistan. The second highest peak in the world, K2 had earlier swallowed 11 climbers during this recent expedition....
The whale had been seen in the area over the past few days and headed out to sea but came back in last night and became beached at Langstone Bridge"The northern bottlenose whale became stranded on mudflats at...
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At least 10 people have died and an unknown number are missing after serious flooding burst banks, dams and bridges in Durban, South Africa. Police and rescuers said cars had been swept away and buildings, even railways tracks were damaged."At least six people have been...
" TWENTY-FOUR miners have been found alive more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge Ukrainian coalmine explosion.One miner was found dead 750m underground.The survivors have been...
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