Helicopters rescue more than 100 stranded by floods in Midlands
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Helicopters rescued dozens of people Saturday following heavy rains and floods in England that also forced more than 2,000 motorists, homeowners and train passengers to spend the night in shelters.
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By Greg Kocher, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Sep. 24--As floodwaters rose throughout Central Kentucky, firefighters had a busy night rescuing people from homes and stranded vehicles.   The Montgomery County Fire Department was especially stretched between 3:30 and 4 a.m.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- As many as 20 vehicles are trapped following a landslide caused by torrential rains in Scotland, Sky News said on its Web site, citing police spokesmen Gareth Thornton.
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A rescue boat is brought in to help five people trapped in a building after flash floods in south Wales.
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Helicopters and lifeboats involved in sea rescue after 19 people stranded on ferry in Irish Sea
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More than 100 motorists are rescued from snowdrifts on the A66 transpennine route in County Durham.
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A clear-up operation is under way after severe flooding hits a County Antrim village.
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Heavy rain caused flash floods in seaside communities in southwestern England on Monday, and dozens of people were rescued from cars, trees and rooftops by emergency helicopters and lifeboats, officials said.
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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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Indonesian rescuers, police and troops in inflatable boats have helped evacuate Jakarta residents stranded in severe floods that have killed 29, as the number left homeless approached 350,000.
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A northern UK city is flooded after high winds and rain cause havoc across the UK.
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Helicopters delivered food to survivors and picked up the sick and injured on Friday as flash floods began to recede. More than 650 people were killed and nearly 400 are missing in the disaster, which was triggered by back-to-back storms.
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Hundreds of people were feared trapped in southwest England after flash floods left a popular coastal tourist village under water and swept dozens of cars and caravans into the sea.
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Rescuers were battling to reach thousands of people trapped by floods and mudslides in southwest China as the death toll from some of the worst storms in years rose to 105 with another 83 missing.
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Trapped residents in Boscastle are lifted to safety from the roof of their flooded home. Three people were missing yesterday after a flash flood hit a coastal tourist area in south-west England, sweeping dozens of cars into the sea and leaving hundreds ...
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Much of Britain has been under flood alert as heavy rain sweeps across the country.
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Soldiers and relief workers using helicopters and canoes have evacuated some 60,000 people from the flooded Zambezi River Valley in central Mozambique, where more than 100,000 others are at risk, officials said Monday.