Guardsmen rescue motorists stranded by storm
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Hundreds of snowbound cars, SUVs and semitrailers littered a 25-mile stretch of Interstate 64 in southwestern Indiana on Thursday, abandoned by travelers who spent a cold night in their vehicles while a storm dumped record snows.
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Description: Conditions in the Bering Sea make any rescue attempt challenging for the Coast Guard in Alaska, which has responded to the grounded freighter near the Aleutian Islands.
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Bad weather hampers efforts to rescue thousands of people stranded after a cyclone hits Pakistan's coastline.
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A winter storm packing snow, sleet and freezing rain stranded hundreds of motorists on Interstate 95 in eastern North Carolina, knocked out power to thousands and caused hundreds of accidents.
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Five sailors were rescued yesterday after surviving for seven days adrift in a life raft in storm-tossed seas. The group, including two Britons, had run out of supplies of food and water.
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Teenage sisters had to be rescued Tuesday from a car stalled in bumper-deep water rushing over a flooded road in a residential area of the city.
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Cars are trapped after there is serious flooding in Londonderry following heavy thunderstorms.
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Sunny skies on Monday helped road crews deal with the remnants of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and was blamed for at least 22 traffic deaths in the upper Midwest.
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Irish coast guards and the navy rescued  over 100 children on Thursday after a sudden squall swept them  out to sea during a regatta close to Dublin.
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North and South Carolina put hundreds of National Guardsmen on standby Wednesday for fear the rainy remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto could cause severe flooding.
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 40 people from a 175-foot research vessel Friday evening after receiving a distress call, authorities said.
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National Guard troops stepped up their search for people in hot homes without power to run air conditioning Friday as heavy rains and tree-toppling winds added to the misery of the worst power outage in the city's history.
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The army, navy and air force were called out to help local officials and police in rescue operations, and curfew was imposed in many areas to prevent looting.
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The last of hundreds of stranded motorists were freed but Pennsylvania highways remained shut Friday as crews struggled to clear ice and snow following a monster storm that has been blamed for at least 24 deaths in the Northeast and Midwest.
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Six snowmobilers missing in the mountains for 2 1/2 days while a howling blizzard swirled around them were rescued Monday Â hungry and cold but unhurt Â after taking shelter in a cozy cabin and calling 911 on a cell phone when the storm eased up.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops were scattered across Florida to help residents rally from the brunt of Hurricane Charley, the worst storm to hit the state in a dozen years...
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Emergency workers in boats rescued people from cars and homes left stranded by rising water Wednesday as heavy rain doused southern Minnesota and caused flash flooding. The storm was blamed for at least one death.