Search and Rescue
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Hurricane Helene flooding forces patients to a hospital roof, wipes out a VFD and downs a tree, killing two firefighters
USAR task forces and fire department swiftwater teams conduct rescues in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Firefighters, soldiers and other emergency responders are digging through the rubble to look for survivors
A rescue official said they were shivering when they were found; they were wrapped in blankets as they were escorted to ambulances
Officials said paramedic David Skeen disappeared after going for a run
TV footage showed rescuers in orange uniforms shining flashlights into the interiors of broken buildings as they searched for signs of life
The participants were K-9 rescue handlers from 17 states who came to run their dogs through the facility鈥檚 disaster training area
Five other miners have been hospitalized but their lives are not in danger and a few others escaped unscathed
Authorities think a landslide triggered by heavy rains caused the collapse
Eric Pracht, 25, vanished in July after a heated argument with friends at a party
A team of 35 firefighters and emergency medical personnel are preparing to go to the Georgia coast if needed
Experience the violence and destruction in Syria through the eyes and voices of volunteer first responders who rush in to search for victims in the rubble
The donated boat would have to be outfitted for search and rescue purposes
Hundreds of first responders worked long hours during the days and weeks after the floodwaters began to rise even as their own homes sank
Since the Wednesday earthquake, firefighters and rescue crews used sniffer dogs around the hard-hit areas in central Italy
Rescue teams dug through the crumbled buildings with bulldozers and their bare hands in search of survivors
A Cal-Ore Life Flight fixed-wing aircraft and its crew lost contact with their originating airport early Friday morning
Authorities said the boys had been located after a search that involved 100 people, dogs and thermal imaging
State National Guard officials said the response mission to the rafters involved military aircraft from around 600 miles away
Divers found the toddler鈥檚 body 16 hours after authorities first got the call that a reptile had taken the boy at Seven Seas Lagoon
A 2-year-old boy was dragged into the water by an alligator near a Walt Disney World hotel Tuesday night
Rangers believe a man died after falling into a thermal hot spring in the Norris Geyser Basin area of Yellowstone National Park
An Army truck at Fort Hood overturned in swift water killing at least 5 soldiers
Authorities believe Michael Purdy, 24, fell and suffered a fatal head injury
The 14-year-old boy was hospitalized and his condition wasn鈥檛 immediately known
A medical examiner ruled Nicole Mittendorff鈥檚 death a suicide
The remains were found in a remote location more than a mile from the parking area where Mittendorff鈥檚 vehicle was found
Officials are still working to establish a timeline of Nicole Mittendorff鈥檚 whereabouts; there鈥檚 no evidence to suggest foul play yet
About 100 federal, state and volunteer SAR agencies are searching for Nicole Mittendorff
Family members became concerned about Nicole Mittendorff, 31, when she failed to show up for her shift on Friday
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All three drowned after heavy rains caused major flooding in Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma
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