Search-and-rescue teams brought 23 skiers and snowboarders who got lost in the Vermont backcountry to safety Saturday amid single-digit temperatures, authorities said. Officials were notified at 2:30 p.m. Saturday of seven to nine lost skiers and snowboarders, police in Killington, a town about 40 miles southwest of Montpelier, said in a news release. Killington police […]
On a bend on the Browns Canyon road above Peoa, just before it skitters down to the Weber River and the meadows below, the husband and wife team of Fernando and Dana Ramirez run their canine rehab center. Although that’s not what they call it. The official name, as the sign announces out front, is […]
Several dogs had to be rescued from a Hookset, New Hampshire home coated in feces and urines, according to the Hooksett Police Department. Members of the Hooksett Police Department received a call on Tuesday, January 16th alerting them to the “deplorable” conditions inside a home on Merrimack Street. Responding officers arrived to find seven approximately […]
A power line fell on a parked car in Portland, Oregon, on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring a baby during an ice storm. Shortly before noon, dispatchers started receiving frantic calls about a downed power line and people appearing to be electrocuted, according to a statement from the city’s fire department. A branch had […]
The Brevard Zoo is preparing to release a young sea turtle back to its natural habitat. The zoo has been caring for the green sea turtle, named Horchata, for nearly four months. It was found in Satellite Beach with a hook embedded in its flipper and plastic in its stomach. Photos: Sea turtle rescued with […]
WALKER, Mich. (WOOD) — While police searched for a suspect who reportedly stole items from Meijer, they received a call from a neighbor who said she could hear a man yelling for help in a marsh. Around 6:15 p.m. Thursday evening, Walker police officers got a report of a man who had stolen “numerous items” […]
Firefighters found themselves caught in a struggle of wits and wills after responding to a call about a “stowaway” stuck inside a car, according to a Texas fire department. The showdown happened in a Walmart parking lot, the department said in a Jan. 5 Facebook post. The car’s owner believes the animal slipped inside unnoticed […]
[Source] A woman in her 90s was rescued alive in Suzu city, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan, five days after the deadly earthquake struck the region. Rescuing the woman: Rescue workers, including the police, successfully pulled the woman from under a collapsed house on Saturday. The elderly woman’s survival for more than five days defied the typical […]
A dog with the “sweetest eyes” was rescued from a junkyard — and now, the pup has a new home in North Carolina. “It was an amazing feeling,” said Brooke Fornea, a spokesperson for Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. “We were definitely a little bit worried that it might take him longer than a normal dog […]
Two kayakers thrown from boat during height of snowstorm were rescued on a Cape Cod island Two people were rescued from an Island on Cape Cod after tipping over in their Kayak during the height of Sunday’s snowstorm. First responders tackling high winds and freezing temperatures responded to two kayakers stranded on Tobys Island in […]
A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people. The woman in Suzu city, Ishikawa Prefecture, had survived for more than five days after the 7.6 magnitude quake that hit the area on Monday. […]
A woman in her 90s has been pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan, 124 hours after a major earthquake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides. The woman in Suzu city, Ishikawa prefecture, had survived for more than five days after the 7.6 magnitude tremor […]