Calif. Storms Spark Dramatic Rescues
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A 2-year-old girl drowned after slipping from her mother's grip and falling into the raging floodwaters. A passer-by pulled a 5-year-old stuck in neck-high mud to safety. A man was swept two miles down a swollen, icy river before being rescued.
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An unusual type of storm nicknamed an "insider slider" blanketed Southern California mountains with up to 3 feet of snow and even coated desert areas with white.
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Fast-moving thunderstorms brought new waves of rain on Sunday to Southern California, following days of drenching weather and heavy mountain snowfall and raising fears of mudslides and flooding.
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Rescuers on Thursday pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed 10 days ago during storms that killed more than 700 people in the Philippines, and soldiers were working frantically to free at least 20 other
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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 -- In a disaster driven more than anything by wind, the breezes dying across Southern California on Wednesday translated into rising hope.
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Heavy rains and blizzards slammed  California on Saturday, triggering floods and mudslides and  tying up traffic from southern California to San Francisco and  into the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
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Rescue operations are under way after two ships run aground amid stormy seas
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Thousands of evacuees return to their California homes, some of which are wrecked, as wildfires subside.
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High winds add to problems from the initial impact, which cut power to thousands across the South Bay. By Doug Irving. Punishing bands of rain and wind raked across Southern California early Tuesday, swamping
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 -- Fast-moving thunderstorms Sunday brought new waves of rain to Southern California, after days of drenching weather and heavy mountain snowfall.
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British survivors of the Asian tsunami have been involved in amazing rescues and heroic acts of bravery in the aftermath of the disaster.
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A powerful storm battered Southern California on Tuesday with wind up to 60 mph and a threat of up to a foot of rain, causing power outages and highway-blocking mudslides.
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French and Spanish rescue aircraft and boats went to the assistance of a cruise ship limping in the Mediterranean with more than 700 people aboard Monday after a storm knocked out its engines, maritime ...
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Much of Southern California was pounded Wednesday by a powerful storm that dumped as much as a foot of rain in the mountains of Los Angeles County.
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Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters conceded defeat on many fronts Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has chased an estimated 1 million people away.
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Heavy rain and winds gusting up to nearly 70 mph battered Southern California on Friday, triggering dozens of wrecks. At least two people died.
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Helicopters and boats rescued people in Britain and Northern Europe as heavy rains caused flooding and 128 mph winds downed trees and power lines.