BRIGANTINE – It’s seal stranding season in New Jersey, which means the Marine Mammal Stranding Center is busy. For more than 45 years, the center has nursed marine mammals and turtles back to health across the state. Since opening in 1978, the Marine Mammal Stranding Center has responded to over 6,000 incidents, according to its […]
Drone video shows how a hiker was rescued from a rocky ledge in a steep Colorado canyon while temperatures hovered just over 0 degrees, rescuers say. Rescuers set out to help the hiker in North Cheyenne Canyon just before 7 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 13, Colorado Springs Fire Department said on Facebook. The hiker was stranded […]
Rescuers evacuated tourists on Tuesday from a remote skiing area in north-western China where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for a week, state media said. The avalanches have blocked roads, stranding both tourists and residents in a village in Altay prefecture in the Xinjiang region, close to […]
This is a developing story. ABC4 will update this post with more information as it becomes available. SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Search and rescue crews are searching Friday night for an angler on a large Utah reservoir as a winter storm swirls over the state. Wasatch County Search and Rescue posted on social media […]
Thousands of Alaska Airlines passengers remain stranded after part of an aircraft blew off mid-flight. Alaska says the logjam of canceled flights likely won’t end for a few more days. Some 25,000 passengers learned their flights were canceled Sunday after the FAA re-grounded all 737 Max 9 aircrafts. This comes two days after Alaska’s California-bound […]
A 65-year-old man who became stranded after driving around a locked gate in Los Padres National Forest has a flashlight to thank for his rescue, California officials said. A deputy and dispatcher were searching the remote area for vehicles on Tuesday, Dec. 26, when they spotted a faint light, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office said […]
Of all the reasons car buyers give to avoid buying an electric car, two words stand out above all: range anxiety. Drivers wary of making the switch from petrol or diesel to electric overwhelmingly cite a concern that batteries will not last the journey. Our EV mythbusters series is taking a closer look at some […]