Two people got stuck in a tree, surrounded by water, about 300 yards from shore, according to California firefighters. Two fire departments, a helicopter and Border Patrol then raced to beat the setting sun to rescue them at about 6 p.m. Feb. 10 in Jamul, the Chula Vista Fire Department said on X, formerly known […]
This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post with more information as it becomes available. WASATCH COUNTY, Utah (ABC4) — Wasatch County Search & Rescue posted on social media Sunday to share details of a rescue involving two snowmobilers who were stranded in Snake Creek on Saturday night. According to authorities, the two […]
Icy conditions have trapped thousands of drivers on motorways in central China as snow and freezing rain disrupted travel by air, train and road during the annual Lunar New Year holiday rush. A Chinese travel blogger said she and her boyfriend were waiting with others on Tuesday for de-icing work to be completed after covering […]
As the second atmospheric river storm pummeled the state, 19 boaters sat stranded off the California coast, rescuers said. With the gale force winds brought on by the storm, a 40-foot sailboat’s mast broke off near Alamitos Bay in Long Beach, Brian Fisk, a firefighter and public information officer for the Long Beach Fire Department, […]
A ship carrying thousands of animals that has been stranded at sea for almost a month has finally docked in Australia, where welfare concerns mean some of the livestock is expected to be offloaded. About 16,500 sheep and cattle have been stowed on the MV Bahijah since January 5th, when it sailed for the Middle […]
An Arkansas police chief is facing a felony kidnapping charge. Eudora Police Chief Michael Henderson Pitts, 45, was arrested Jan. 30 and is accused of illegally detaining a man, beating him and leaving him stranded, according to a Jan. 31 Arkansas State Police press release. The alleged incident happened Oct. 26, when Pitts was dispatched […]
A ship carrying 16,000 sheep and cattle that had been stranded off the coast of Australia in extreme heat has returned to a Perth port. Last month, the MV Bahijah abandoned its journey through the Red Sea – where Houthi fighters in Yemen have been attacking ships – leaving the animals stuck on board for […]
The “Take Our Border Back” convoy has had a rocky start. According to WIRED, the so-called ‘God’s army’ had a lower-than-expected turnout. There have also been internal disputes, a lost vehicle, and an exiled participant, it reported. A convoy of vehicles headed to Texas, organized by a group called “Take Our Border Back,” has had a chaotic […]
Two men were stranded at sea after their boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico. The boaters were found by crew members of the Carnival Jubilee cruise ship, according to a Jan. 29 news release from the cruise line. The men were inside a kayak that they used to stay afloat, the cruise line said. […]
Two men stranded on a kayak in the Gulf of Mexico were rescued by the Carnival Jubilee cruise ship on Monday. The cruise team spotted the men off the coast of Isla Mujeres, Mexico, on their scheduled route from Texas to the Western Caribbean, Carnival said in a press release. A stranded man is rescued in […]
Israeli forces are battling Palestinian militants near the main hospital in Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis, where medics said hundreds of patients and thousands of displaced people are unable to leave because of the fighting. Israel has ordered residents to leave a large area of Khan Younis that includes Nasser Hospital and two smaller […]
A group of charity trekkers say they were left stranded in Tanzania by trip organisers after they paid thousands of pounds. Twenty-six hikers paid Eryri-based Aspire Adventures up to £3,500 each to scale Africa’s highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. But on Friday, as they arrived in Tanzania, they received an email to say no services would be […]