3 d. ago ‘Catastrophic’ flood in Texas kills at least 24, including children, with more missing from summer camp

Up to 10in of rain fell overnight, prompting flash flooding in region west of Austin hit by long droughtTorrential rains unleashed flash floods along the Guadalupe River in Texas on Friday, killing at least 24 people as rescue teams scrambled to save dozens of victims trapped by high water or reported missing in the disaster, local officials said.Among the missing were 23 to 25 people listed as unaccounted for at an all-girls Christian summer camp located on the banks of the rain-engorged Guadalupe, authorities said. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Disney cruise ship fall: Girl's final act moments before falling overboard

Passengers on the 14-deck Disney Dream cruise recall the girl and her father quickly disappearing into the horizon as the rescue team rushed to save them at sea

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6 d. ago Grandmother and grandson swept 4km out to sea on inflatable mattress

A boy who was swept 4km out to sea on an inflatable mattress and his grandmother who dived in to save him were rescued by the coast guard in Naples.

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7 d. ago Rescuers reveal how they saved the life of a man trapped in rapids for 20 hours

The Lithuanian man was on a remote whitewater rafting trip when his leg got trapped. Rescuers say ampuating it saved his life

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1 week ago Dozens of whales saved after becoming stranded on beach in desperate rescue mission

Around 60 pilot whales were found stranded on Ólafsfjörður beach in Iceland on Sunday, June 22, with locals and emergency services rushing to save the mammals

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2 w. ago Canadian rescuers rush to a remote part of Banff park following reports that a rock slide hit hikers

Rescue crews, police and paramedics scrambled to a remote Canadian Rocky Mountain region of Banff National Park amid reports that a group of hikers were hit by a rock slide, causing possible injuries and deaths

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2 w. ago Mark Zuckerberg makes a dramatic entrance in a red helicopter as he lands on his £220M superyacht in Greece

The Facebook co-founder hooped out of the striking helicopter in a white T-shirt and turquoise trunks, shielding behind a pair of shades.

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2 w. ago Astonishing moment British survivor of Air India plane crash walks BACK towards flaming wreckage to rescue his brother, telling bystander: 'He's burning to death, I have to save him'

This is the dramatic moment the British man who was the miraculous sole survivor of the Air India plane crash attempted to return to the inferno of the accident to save his brother.

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3 w. ago Dramatic helicopter rescue saves two hikers hit by lightning near peak of Colorado mountain

The rescues happened late Thursday near the summit of Torreys Peak, a 14,300-foot mountain

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4 w. ago Rachel Reeves is like Steve Jobs and will rescue the UK economy in the same way that he saved Apple, insists minister ahead of Spending Review

Peter Kyle likened the Chancellor's stewardship of the public finances to the late Mr Jobs' role at Apple when the company was on the brink of insolvency in the late 1990s.

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