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Rescuers hunt for survivors after deadly flood in India

Rescue workers battled through tonnes of rock and mud on Tuesday searching for survivors after a deadly flood in India.

9 February 2021

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Horse and pony rescued from California mudslide

A horse and pony in Northern California are safe after being stuck in mud for up to 18 hours, according to a statement from SPCA Monterey County

30 January 2021

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Eleven Chinese miners saved as rescuers race to find remaining ten

Rescuers in east China have pulled 11 miners from hundreds of metres underground where they were trapped for two weeks, as the race to locate the remaining 10 intensifies.

24 January 2021

China

11 trapped workers rescued from China mine after two weeks

Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday.

24 January 2021

Indonesia

At least 10 dead as earthquake flattens buildings in Indonesia

A powerful earthquake hit the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.

15 January 2021

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Villagers in India rescue truck after 70 foot gorge tumble

Authorities had requested 'fit and healthy' men from the village to join the mass rescue effort

11 January 2021

Norway

Seven bodies found as hunt for Norway landslide survivors is paused

Three people are still missing after the December 28 disaster but hopes of finding them alive are now waning.

2 January 2021

Germany

Swan Wake: Bird 'mourning' dead companion rescued from railway line

Its companion is thought to have died after getting caught in a live overhead line, police said.

29 December 2020

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Cat rescued from inside electric cable casing by Turkish firefighters

First responders in the Aegean province of Izmir arrived at the scene Wednesday following reports of "noises" coming from underground

4 December 2020

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Guatemala army rescues flood victims after Hurricane Eta

As the remnants of Hurricane Eta moved back over Caribbean waters, governments in Central America worked to tally the displaced and dead, and recover bodies from landslides and flooding that claimed dozens of lives from Guatemala to Panama.

7 November 2020

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Girl, 3, pulled alive from rubble four days after deadly earthquake

She had been trapped under the rubble for 91 hours since Friday's quake struck in the Aegean Sea.

3 November 2020

Netherlands

Whale tail sculpture saves derailed metro train from disaster

A Dutch metro crashed through safety barriers in Spijkenisse on Monday morning and was left hanging on a work of art behind the rails.

2 November 2020

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Teenager pulled from rubble in Turkey following earthquake

Turkish search and rescue teams in Izmir lifted teenager Inci Okan out of the rubble of a devastated residence.

31 October 2020

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Alan Kurdi migrant rescue ship docks in Sardinia

The Alan Kurdi ship of the German aid group Sea-Eye docked Friday in the Sardinia port of Olbia to disembark 125 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean Sea.

25 September 2020

Australia

Rescue operation underway as 270 whales stranded on Australian coast

A pod of pilot whales stranded on sandbars off Australia's southern island of Tasmania state.

22 September 2020

Greece

Greek coast guard rescues 96 migrants from sinking yacht

Search and rescue operations continued on Wednesday, as the total number of people on board is not known.

26 August 2020

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Russian teams search rubble from Beirut explosion

A Russian search and rescue team in Beirut has unearthed three bodies under the rubble near the city's port, three days after the deadly explosion that killed more than 150 people.

7 August 2020

Lebanon

Beirut blast: Distraught families await news of missing relatives

Rescue teams continue to search for survivors in the rubble of Beirut's port, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing more than 150 people and wounding thousands.

7 August 2020

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Yangtze river floods prompt massive evacuations in central China

Critics blame the disaster on rampant overdevelopment and poor water conservancies policies.

18 July 2020

World News

Rescued lion illustrates plight of thousands of other cubs

Simba the lion was rescued and taken to an animal shelter in Chelyabinsk, southern Russia, but many other cubs have not been as fortunate.

5 July 2020