Climbers rescued from mountain as weather clears up in Sierra ...
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Rangers rappelled down Yosemite&#39;s most forbidding peak and then carefully climbed back up the sheer 3,200-foot face of the snowy mountain, rescuing two climbers and carrying the bodies of two others on their backs.
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Teams of hand-picked expert mountaineers tried Saturday to take advantage of easing weather conditions atop Mount Hood in the search for three missing climbers, but the fickle and still-treacherous conditions turned them back.
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Rescued backpacker Britt Jefferson wished he brought skis when a sudden blizzard swallowed his hiking party this week in the Sierra Nevada.
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As many as 200 vehicles got stuck in deep snow early Saturday in the San Bernardino Mountains as the latest in a series of storms struck California. The storms quickly moved eastward, closing all three major highways over the Sierra Nevada.
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Skies were clearing Monday over waterlogged California after a week of downpours and heavy snowfall that led to avalanche and traffic deaths but only minor flooding and slides.
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The flooding today forced some residents to climb to the tops of their vehicles, houses and trees to await rescue.
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Search teams headed up the flanks of Mount Hood early Monday in an attempt to find three climbers reported missing in snowy weather during the weekend, the Hood River County sheriff's office said.
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Two men failed to return as planned from a climb on Mount Hood, where conditions early Tuesday were blizzard-like, authorities said.
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The skies mostly cleared out Sunday along the West Coast, pushing rain and some snow to the Rockies.
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RESCUERS in the Philippines yesterday pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides 10 days ago. The miraculous tale of survival came as officials
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Rescuers in the Philippines today pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides ten days ago. The four survived by drinking &quot;any kind of liquid that
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By CATHERINE TSAI  NEW CASTLE, Colo. - Crews battling a 1,800-acre wildfire in western Colorado got a break Wednesday from the strong winds that quickly spread the flames the previous two days.
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A group of schoolchildren is rescued after being stranded in the Mourne Mountains in Northern Ireland.
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Fifty people are recovering in temporary accommodation after being rescued from landslides in central Scotland.
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A Pacific storm brought heavy rain and mountain snow to the Northwest and parts of California on Tuesday, including heavy snow and 40 to 60 mph winds to the western slopes of the Cascades and Sierras.
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Rangers rappelled down El Capitan Thursday and then carefully climbed back up the sheer 3,200-foot face of the mountain, rescuing two climbers and carrying the bodies of two others on their backs.
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A series of snowstorms that blanketed the Cascade Range lightened up Friday, drawing skiers to the slopes earlier than usual and prompting the state to briefly close a mountain highway east of the city because of avalanche concerns.