je.st
news
Tag: rescuers
Rescuers Try to Save Giant Blue Whale Trapped in Fishing Gear
2016-06-28 23:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: Rescuers Try to Save Giant Blue Whale Trapped in Fishing Gear Whale watchers found an 80-foot cetacean in distress off the California coast. Saving it has proven tricky. Watch: A blue whale tangled in fishing gear struggles off California. A first-of-its-kind rescue operation resumed today off the coast of Southern California as crews attempt to disentangle an 80-foot-long (24 meter) blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) from crab trap lines. The entangled...
Rescuers struggle to save beached whales in Indonesia
2016-06-16 09:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Most of the 29 whales trapped in an Indonesian mangrove swamp on Thursday managed to free themselves or were gently helped out to sea as the tide rose, fisheries officials said. Villagers on the east of Java island helped fisheries staff free the pilot whales that became trapped at low tide. "Today, of the 29 beached whales, seven died, four were helped back out to sea and 18 were able to swim back themselves," the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement. Officials said they did not know...
Tags: save
indonesia
struggle
whales
Second deadly quake hits southern Japan, rescuers race against time
2016-04-16 13:05:21| Automakers - Topix.net
A powerful 7 point 3 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan today, killing at least 16 people, injuring hundreds more and trapping people in collapsed buildings, barely a day after a quake killed nine people in the same region. Rescuers dug through the rubble of collapsed buildings and mud and debris today to try and reach those trapped, but continued aftershocks hindered rescue efforts and fuelled fears of more powerful quakes.
Tags: time
japan
hits
southern
China Landslide: Rescuers Search for 85 People Still Missing
2015-12-21 15:35:00| Waste Age
BBC.com Authorities said a huge man-made mound of earth and construction debris lost stability and collapsed. read more
Tags: search
people
still
china
Shark Attack, Then Eel Attack Keep Hawaiian Rescuers Busy
2015-10-20 00:19:37| Airlines - Topix.net
The first attack occurred around 11:40 a.m. Saturday off Lanikai on Hawaii's main island of Oahu. Paramedics arrived to a residence to tend to a 44-year-old who suffered The Honolulu Fire Department said the injured man and another were swimming from the Mokulua Islands to Lanikai when he was attacked from 50 to 100 yards from shore.
Tags: attack
busy
shark
hawaiian