A 4-year-old boy died early Sunday after flooding in Johnson County left a vehicle stuck in swift water, according to the child’s family and the Johnson County Office of Emergency Management. The boy, identified as Lucas Nathaniel Warren, of Burleson, would have been 5 years old later this month, according to the Tarrant County Medical […]
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Complaints, objections swept aside as 15-year-old girl claims record for 101-pound catfish
Not everyone seems happy about Jaylynn Parker’s blue catfish record, but when has universal happiness ever been achieved in any doings involving the human race? Suffice to say that, after displaying a few loose hairs initially judged as made for splitting, the 101.11-pound blue cat taken from the Ohio River on April 17 at New […]
Billionaire’s million-dollar Nantucket beach house has officially been swept away
Billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht’s Nantucket beach house has been demolished due to erosion. Strict zoning rules and unstable land make it unlikely that Sternlicht will be allowed to rebuild. The ongoing erosion is causing property values to fall on parts of the exclusive island. Billionaire investor Barry Sternlicht’s Nantucket beach house is officially no more. […]
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Body found in swift-moving river after two teens swept away, California sheriff says
A search team recovered a teenager’s body from the Russian River after two youths were swept away a day earlier, California sheriff’s officials reported. Two teens were carried away by the Northern California river at 4:40 p.m. Thursday, April 11, from Steelhead Beach, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. One teen […]
Residents left to pick up the pieces after a tornado swept through St. Johns County neighborhoods
Bus full of passengers swept away by raging waters
Emergency services have been rescuing passengers who were trapped in a bus that was swept away by floods on a busy highway in northern Kenya. The bus, with about 50 passengers, was heading to the capital, Nairobi, from northern Wajir county, police said. The driver had attempted to cross a flooded section of the road […]
A rescue operation is taking place in northern Kenya after floodwaters swept a bus away
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police and Red Cross workers are engaged in a rescue operation at a swollen river in northern Kenya after a bus carrying an unknown number of passengers was swept away by floodwaters. Police say some of the passengers managed to escape just before the bus was submerged while others climbed onto […]
US Marine from Mass. swept away by dangerous current in Puerto Rico, Coast Guard says
An active search is underway for a United States Marine from Massachusetts who was swept away amid high surf and life-threatening rip currents at a beach in Puerto Rico on Wednesday afternoon, officials announced Thursday. Samuel Wanjiru, a 26-year-old who lives in the Bay State, was visiting the island with his family when he came […]
Family searches for woman swept away by river in San Gabriel Mountains
Loved ones are searching for a woman who went missing in the San Gabriel Mountains. The at-risk woman was identified as Rona May Cuena, 59, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. On March 9, Cuena was last seen near the Bridge to Nowhere Trail near Mt. Baldy when she was swept away by […]
How Jesus was nearly swept away by a wave of unpleasant tales
Woman dies after slipping from cliff into ocean and getting swept away, Hawaii cops say
A woman died after falling from a Hawaii cliff and into the ocean, police say. The 29-year-old Kea‘au woman fell from the shoreline cliffs near Paradise Drive and Beach Road in Kea‘au shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 18, the Hawaii Police Department said in a Facebook post. After the woman fell, police said the […]