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September 29, 2024

A local resident wades into fast-flowing waters to help an errant driver on a flooded stretch of road as Tropical Storm Helene hits, outside Boone, North Carolina, September 27. — Reuters MIAMI: Rescuers scrambled Sunday to reach people in need in the southeastern United States after devastating Hurricane Helene, with flooded roads, power outages and other hazards hampering progress, authorities said. The storm wreaked havoc across several states, including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, with high winds and torrential rain leaving some cities looking like they’ve been wiped off the map. “Search and rescue efforts by local,

July 29, 2024

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Two Japanese climbers fall from K2 in Pakistan, rescue efforts fail

SKARDU: Two elite Japanese climbers fell from Pakistan’s K2, officials said Sunday after a helicopter rescue attempt spotted the motionless pair but had to turn back. Veteran climbers Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima were attempting an ascent of the jagged west face of the world’s second-highest mountain, using an expert climbing style that prioritized speed and relied on minimal fixed ropes. But on Saturday “they fell from a height of 7,500 meters (24,600 feet),” Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) Secretary Karrar Haidri said in a statement. “A helicopter rescue was attempted, however the helicopter could not land,” said Wali Ullah

June 8, 2024

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International

Israel used aid truck to rescue hostages in Nuseirat, sources say

CONSTANTINOPLE: Israeli special forces, which recovered four hostages from the central Gaza Strip, infiltrated the Nuseirat refugee camp using a humanitarian aid truck, local Palestinian sources said on Saturday. “Israeli special forces used an enclosed transport truck and a civilian vehicle in the infiltration operation to retrieve the hostages,” the sources said. Anatolia. “These transport vehicles are widespread in the Gaza Strip and are used to transport humanitarian aid during the Israeli war,” they added. According to witnesses, Israeli military vehicles unexpectedly advanced into areas east and northwest of the Nuseirat camp, coinciding with heavy artillery shelling targeting large areas

May 29, 2024

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“A mountain fell on them,” says a rescuer at the PNG landslide site

SYDNEY: Families in the village of Yambali in Papua New Guinea were sleeping peacefully in their beds when a “mountain” of rubble buried them alive in a giant landslide, a UN rescue worker at the scene and the country’s prime minister said. For five days, survivors have been using shovels and bare hands to dig through mud and debris nearly two stories high and covering three to four football fields in the area, which has buried about 2,000 people. Rescue workers say the chances of finding survivors are slim. “It’s basically a mountain that has fallen on their heads,” said

April 5, 2024

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Business

The IMF is ready to “engage” with Pakistan in the new rescue package

In this scenario, IMF Communications Director Julie Kozak can be seen addressing a press briefing. — IMF website The IMF is ready to join discussions on the program, says spox. The IMF Executive Board meeting will take place later this month. The Fund notes an improvement in the “economic and financial” situation. WASHINGTON: As the government seeks another bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the global lender has said it is ready to “engage” with Pakistan in the “coming months” to help the country resolve its “fiscal and external stability”. challenges”. “The authorities have expressed interest in an IMF-supported

April 4, 2024

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International

Helicopter rescues miners in Taiwan, stranded hotel guests safe

HUALIEN, TAIWAN: A helicopter on Thursday swept up six people trapped in a mining area after Taiwan’s worst earthquake in 25 years, and rescue partners reached the 400 people airlifted to a hotel in a mountainous national park and confirmed everyone was safe. Hundreds of aftershocks rocked Taiwan’s eastern region, sending many to seek shelter outdoors, as the death toll from Wednesday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake rose to 10, with 1,099 injured, authorities said. A helicopter carried six miners trapped on a cliff to safety in a dramatic rescue after the earthquake cut off roads in the high mountains of Hualien, according

March 31, 2024

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Rescue crews are working to lift the first piece of the collapsed Baltimore Bridge

UNITED STATES: Rescue crews worked to lift the first piece of Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge out of the water Saturday to allow barges and tugboats to access the disaster site, Maryland and U.S. officials said, the first step in a complicated effort to reopen the city’s blockaded port. . The steel truss bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning, killing six road workers, when a huge container ship lost power and crashed into a support pillar. Much of the opening fell into the Patapsco River, blocking the Baltimore Harbor shipping channel. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore told a news conference that

March 29, 2024

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Barack Obama is coming to Joe Biden’s rescue

President Joe Biden and Jill Biden host former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 7, 2022. Barack Obama steps in to save Joe Biden from re-electing Donald Trump. — Reuters As the race for the White House heats up with President Joe Biden facing Republican nominee Donald Trump in November, Barack Obama has jumped into the fray to save his former vice president from re-election. Former President Barack Obama sat down for hours at the White House with Joe Biden and discussed how to defeat Donald Trump amid an intensifying battleground,

March 27, 2024

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Six missing people are feared dead after rescue efforts were suspended

A view of the freighter Dali that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge causing it to collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, March 26. — Reuters A Singaporean-flagged cargo ship bound for Sri Lanka. Rescuers managed to save two survivors. The authorities praised the early interventions to stop the traffic. At least six people fell into the Patapsco River after a bridge collapsed into the water in Baltimore, presumed dead as rescue efforts were halted 18 hours after the incident. Reuters mentionted, In the wake of the collapse, officials from the US Coast Guard and Maryland State Police offered a bleak

January 22, 2024

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Xi orders full search and rescue for landslide victims in SW China

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for a full investigation and rescue of people missing from a landslide in Zhenxiong County, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, issued the directive after the landslide hit the county early Monday. A total of 47 people remain missing after the landslide buried the houses of 18 households. Xi ordered immediate rescue efforts to minimize casualties. It also called for enhanced monitoring and early warning as well as a scientific approach to search and rescue

Flooded roads, power outages across US hamper storm rescue efforts

Two Japanese climbers fall from K2 in Pakistan, rescue efforts fail

Israel used aid truck to rescue hostages in Nuseirat, sources say

“A mountain fell on them,” says a rescuer at the PNG landslide site

The IMF is ready to “engage” with Pakistan in the new rescue package

Helicopter rescues miners in Taiwan, stranded hotel guests safe

Rescue crews are working to lift the first piece of the collapsed Baltimore Bridge

Barack Obama is coming to Joe Biden’s rescue

Six missing people are feared dead after rescue efforts were suspended

Xi orders full search and rescue for landslide victims in SW China

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