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Searches for a 74-year-old mountaineer missing since Saturday afternoon in Velouchi, Greece, concluded for the second day without success, intensifying concerns among relatives and rescuers.
Rescuers have recovered seven bodies after a Chinese tour bus fell through the frozen surface of Lake Baikal in Siberia, with diving operations planned for further inspection.
The Greek Red Cross in Patras successfully managed 223 emergency incidents during the Patras Carnival, deploying over 180 volunteer Samaritans-Rescuers, lifeguards, health, and social welfare volunteers, along with specialized nursing staff.
Emergency rescuers in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, had to search dozens of hospitals for 98 minutes before finding a facility that would admit a mother in labor, exposing a critical shortage of maternity care in the Greater Seoul area. The mother safely gave birth to twins after multiple hospitals initially declined admission.
Rescuers are still removing rubble to search for any survivors trapped under the debris, police say.
Nine backcountry skiers are missing after an avalanche in the mountains of California, where a massive storm is causing whiteout conditions and hampering rescue efforts.
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A search and recovery operation involving rescuers, canine units, and helicopters was launched after an avalanche in northern Italy claimed the lives of two skiers.
Search efforts for a 74-year-old hiker, missing since Saturday afternoon on Mount Velouchi in Evrytania, Greece, have been unsuccessful. Relatives and rescuers remain anxious as the search continues.
Romanian mountain rescue teams faced a challenging day, responding to 127 emergency calls and saving 133 individuals in difficulty across various mountain areas.
Rescuers in California have recovered the body of the ninth and final person missing in an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the local sheriff's office said.
Apple’s feature, which connects phone to satellite, helped first responders find survivors as they waited under tarp California’s deadliest avalanche killed at least eight people in a ski group near Lake Tahoe on Tuesday. The six survivors used the iPhone’s emergency SOS feature to help first responders find them as they waited under a tarp and discovered some of the bodies, according to the Nevada county sheriff. Apple’s feature, introduced in 2022, allows users to text law enforcement, even if there’s no cell service or wifi by connecting the phone to a satellite. First responders reached the skiers’ location and learned of the six survivors based on conversations held through the feature, Sheriff Shannan Moon said at a press conference on Wednesday. Continue reading...
Rescuers are racing to the scene, which has seen about 30 inches (76cm) of snowfall in the last 24 hours.
A third British national has died in an avalanche in the French Alps within a week, contributing to a total of 28 avalanche fatalities in the region since the winter season began.
GPS led driver on to the Broomway in the Thames estuary, where dozens of people are known to have died An Amazon delivery van got stuck trying to drive along one of Britain’s most dangerous coastal paths as the driver followed GPS directions on to mudflats to try to get to an island in the Thames estuary used by the military, the coastguard has said. Rescuers were called to reports the van had been driven out on to the Broomway – a 600-year-old pathway across the flats to Foulness Island that has been called the deadliest in the country. Continue reading...
At least eleven people have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, with rescuers reporting a strike on a tent encampment in northern Gaza that claimed six lives.
Rescuers in California have recovered the body of the ninth and final person missing in an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the local sheriff's office said.
Emergency services responded to a collision between a car and a truck in Panevėžys, Lithuania, where rescuers had to extricate a trapped woman from one of the vehicles.
The ministry said rescuers had conducted an inspection of the scene using an underwater camera and that diving operations were planned.
Eight skiers, many with roots in Lake Tahoe's alpine community, were killed in a California avalanche.
Rescuers are pushing through a winter storm to find nine missing individuals after a California avalanche, with six survivors already found.
Rescuers are racing to the scene, which has seen about 30 inches (76cm) of snowfall in the last 24 hours.
At least 12 Palestinians were killed and several injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, which Israel claims were in response to Hamas ceasefire violations, while Hamas condemns the attacks as a 'massacre'.
A Tennessee amusement park was engulfed in flames, prompting a dramatic rescue effort to save animals trapped in the blaze.