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Find My iPhone? Find Me! Lost Phone Feature Helps Rescuers Locate Crashed Car
2014-10-16 16:07:28| TechNewsWorld
A woman whose car rolled 500 feet down an embankment near San Jose, California, was located through the Find My iPhone feature on her smartphone after spending 19 hours in the ravine where her Chevy Cruze ended up. The OnStar feature in her car triggered two calls to police, at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Monday, but neither pinpointed the location of her car.
Rescuers in Indian landslide say hopes for survivors 'bleak'
2014-08-01 14:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hopes of finding survivors in India from a landslide that swallowed up more than 100 people faded on Friday as rescuers dug through mud and debris following heavy rains, with the death toll rising to 52. Finding people alive would be extremely unlikely, said Gautam Sarkar, a senior official involved in the rescue, as hundreds of rescuers toiled to sift debris after Wednesday's landslide submerged 46 homes and almost wiped out a village. "The houses have been buried under layers of wet mud,...
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Rescuers save 2 men stranded 150 feet high on bucket lift in Newburgh
2014-07-15 19:17:28| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Two rental-company workers who were stranded 150 feet above the ground for at least five hours when a lift malfunctioned were rescued Monday afternoon by emergency crews - after the equipment's manufacturer refused to provide an override code that would have allowed the bucket to be lowered, fire officials said.
Philippine typhoon survivors beg for help as rescuers struggle
2013-11-11 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Dazed survivors begged for help and scavenged for food, water and medicine on Monday after a super typhoon killed an estimated 10,0000 in the central Philippines. President Benigno Aquino declared a state of national calamity and deployed hundreds of soldiers in the coastal city of Tacloban to quell looting. The huge scale of death and destruction from Friday's storm become clearer as reports emerged of thousands of people missing and images showed apocalyptic scenes in one town that has not...
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Colorado floods: rescuers rush to evacuate stranded communities
2013-09-15 04:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Rescuers broke through to flood-ravaged Colorado towns, issuing a stern warning to anyone thinking of staying behind: leave now or be prepared to endure weeks without electricity, running water and basic supplies. National Guard helicopters and truck convoys carried the message into paralyzed canyon communities where thousands of stranded residents were eager to escape the Rocky Mountain foothills. But not everybody was willing to go. Dozens of people in the isolated community of Jamestown wanted...
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