Tag Archives: Rescues

An impactful nor’easter is unleashing damaging wind gusts, heavy rain and coastal flooding as it tracks up the mid-Atlantic coast. The storm is packing a serious punch as it slowly moves north and disrupts air travel at major Northeast airports and threatens to push the ocean into homes and onto roads along the mid-Atlantic coast through Monday. This coastal storm …

Beth Mooney’s masterful century rescued Australia from one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history and set up an ultimately resounding 107-run victory over Pakistan. The defending champions were floundering at 76-7 against Pakistan’s spinners but the unflappable Mooney hit 109 to drag her side to 221-9, turning a day that could have been about exposed Australian frailties into …

NEW YORK (AP) — When the New York Yankees needed someone to save them Tuesday night, Aaron Judge practically put on a cape. Captain clutch, indeed. In a do-it-all effort for the ages, Judge hit a tying homer and drove in four runs as the Yankees staved off elimination by rallying past the Toronto Blue Jays 9-6 in Game 3 …

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Denise Richards made a return to her marital home in Calabasas, California, over the weekend, where she collected her belongings and retrieved 15 dogs from the property she once shared with estranged husband Aaron Phypers.  The Wild Things star, 54, arrived with moving trucks and a small team of movers who helped remove …

Army football player Larry Pickett Jr. rescued a man from a burning vehicle early Sunday morning. Pickett, a second-year cadet at the service academy, was traveling with his family when they saw a crashed vehicle surrounded by downed power lines on Route 9W in Fort Montgomery, New York, about five miles south of Army’s West Point campus. The Fort Montgomery …

An animal rescue center in the US has cautioned anyone who might be tempted to try and help squirrels with ‘unusual looking skin lumps’, warning it’s likely the result of a parasite. Just days after rabbits with so-called ‘tentacles’ growing out of their heads were spotted in the US, Americans have to prepare for another sight: swollen squirrels. We’re not …

A mother, father and child were killed when a tree fell on their car during heavy rain and flooding in Tennessee, an official said Wednesday. The three were killed when saturated ground caused a large tree to fall in the Chattanooga suburb of East Ridge just after midnight, Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management spokesperson Amy Maxwell said. A search …

Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states forced motorists to abandon their vehicles, cut power to thousands of households and closed busy roadways. Organizers of the Wisconsin State Fair said they were scrapping the final day of the 11-day event after rains flooded the …

MILWAUKEE — Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states led to water rescues, power outages and road closures. Organizers of the Wisconsin State Fair said they were canceling the final day of the 11-day event after rains flooded the fairgrounds in West Allis, which …

RUIDOSO, N.M. — Another afternoon of heavy rainfall Thursday prompted flash flooding in the mountain village of Ruidoso, forcing the closure of roads and the rescue of at least five people who were trapped by the rushing water. The southern New Mexico community has been reeling this summer, with afternoon thunderstorms bringing more rain than the surrounding mountainsides can handle. …