Rescue efforts after bad weather
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Extreme winter weather causes a series of emergency situations for  rescue services in Scotland.
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By JOHN FALLON  A EUR4.5MILLION rescue plan was put in place yesterday to help islanders whose homes were about to fall into the sea.   Chunks of land on Inishbofin off the Co Galway coast fell into the sea in recent storms.
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Helicopter and boat crews rescued hundreds of trapped people on Saturday after storms whipped through Britain, flooding towns and villages and sending thousands to emergency shelters.
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BEIJING -- Rescuers in southwest China sought help from the military Monday as they searched for dozens of people missing in torrential floods.
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A town in Ohio brought out snowplows and fire hoses Monday to clear the muck away. In New Jersey, the Statehouse was closed after its parking garage was flooded by the Delaware River.
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LONDON  - More than 50 people were rescued by a naval helicopter Wednesday after two landslides caused by heavy rain trapped their vehicles on a highway in Scotland, police said.
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Wild weather was tonight hampering an operation involving British forces to rescue a Canadian submarine. Five British vessels are en-route to the stricken HMCS
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Blowing snow forced two rescue helicopters to turn back Tuesday while trying to carry emergency help to an Arctic village whose electrical generator failed during a weekend blizzard that sent the temperature to 20 below zero.
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More than 250 000 homes and businesses were without power on Monday as work crews from Denmark to Lithuania moved to clean up debris from a fierce storm that claimed 11 lives.
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Four people were rescued in the Philippines yesterday from a building that collapsed and was buried in mud 10 days ago when two devastating storms struck the country&#39;s north-east.
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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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Another day of severe storms knocked out electricity for tens of thousands of additional residents, but brought along a cold front that was welcome relief for those waiting for power to be restored.
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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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Rescue operations Friday saved scores of people from two ships that ran aground in stormy waters off the British coast, but efforts to evacuate the injured captain of third distressed vessel had to be called off.
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At least 2 dead as Calif. effort helps find dozens of stranded hikers caught in freak blizzard this week. BY BEN MARGOT. YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Urban rescue teams, insurance adjusters and National Guard troops scattered across Florida Monday to help victims of Hurricane Charley and deliver water and other supplies to thousands of people left homeless...
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More than 50 people were rescued by two military helicopters Wednesday after landslides caused by heavy rains trapped their vehicles on a highway in Scotland, police said.