3 h. ago Major rescue operation launched after skier finds ARM waving from under snow

A boy who had been covered by snow during an avalanche on a mountain in Switzerland was saved thanks to the quick thinking of skier Matteo Zilla, who spotted his arm waving

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58 h. ago One dead after tourist speedboat crash throws 55 people into the sea off Thailand leaving them clinging to each other to stay afloat

A major rescue operation was underway after the packed speedboat collided head-on with a fishing trawler off the popular Phi-Phi Islands.

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6 d. ago OAP desperately tried to save mum & teen daughter from drowning in rough sea before they were swept away in front of him

AN OAP desperately tried to save a mum and her teen daughter from drowning in the sea before they were swept away in front of him. Rescue crews launched a major operation after three people disappeared in the water near Withernsea, off the East Yorkshire coast on Friday afternoon. Cops later confirmed that a mother and daughter,...

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1 week ago Two dead and one missing after sea rescue attempt to save teenage girl

Two people have died and one remains missing following a major rescue operation launched after a teenage girl was swept into the sea

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1 week ago Major rescue operation launched as several swimmers get into trouble in freezing sea off Yorkshire coast

Coastguard helicopters, lifeboats and paramedics scrambled to Withernsea as three-metre waves batter shoreline and temperatures plunge to freezing

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1 week ago UK beach emergency as major search launched for people 'in difficulty' in water

Coastguard helicopters, RNLI lifeboats, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and Humberside Police are conducting a major search and rescue operation at Withernsea after reports of people in difficulty

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2 w. ago 'Daughter, 12, of Valencia football manager is found dead' after he and three of his children are feared to have drowned when their boat capsized off Indonesia

The child's body was recovered on Monday morning following a major search operation, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported, citing Indonesian rescue workers.

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