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Nigeria flood disaster leaves 200 dead and thousands displaced

At least 200 people have died after flash floods tore through the Nigerian town of Mokwa, following hours of intense rainfall early on Thursday morning.

04/06/2025

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Seven dead as migrant boat capsizes off Canary Islands

Seven people have died after a migrant boat capsized while arriving at the port of El Hierro in Spain’s Canary Islands.

28/05/2025

Nature

This new centre in the Netherlands is rescuing injured seals

Sander van Dijk, curator of the centre, says they treat around 200 seals a year.

30/04/2025

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Watch: Rescue of survivors from Italian cable car crash

Four people have died and one has been critically injured after a cable car accident on Mount Faito, between Sorrento and Naples in Italy.

18/04/2025

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Efforts to clear earthquake debris continue in Myanmar's capital

Days after the earthquake in Myanmar, rescue teams continue clearing debris in the capital, Naypyitaw, while damaged infrastructure delays recovery efforts across the country.

07/04/2025

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Survivor rescued after 125 hours beneath rubble in Myanmar earthquake

After being trapped for days in the rubble of the Golden Country Hotel, a survivor was rescued by Chinese rescuers in Mandalay City following Myanmar's deadly earthquake.

03/04/2025

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Man rescued from Myanmar hotel rubble five days after earthquake

Five days after the devastating earthquake killed over 2,700 people in Myanmar, a rescue team pulled a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed hotel in Naypyidaw.

02/04/2025

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Hopes fading for more survivors in Myanmar's devastating earthquake

Rescue operations in Myanmar continue after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake killed over 2,000, injuring thousands, with infrastructure damage and power shortages complicating relief operations.

01/04/2025

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Behind the scenes with alpine rescue dogs ready to save lives

On the slopes near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Zen, a five-year-old border collie, leads a pack of trainee rescue dogs, preparing for the rising avalanche threat in the Italian Alps.

31/03/2025

Nature

Lions rescued from war in Ukraine touch grass for the first time

The animals were rescued by the Wild Animals Rescue Centre, run by Natalia Popova, a Ukrainian woman who has saved hundreds of abandoned pets and zoo animals.

26/03/2025

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Motorcyclist found dead after falling into massive sinkhole in Seoul

A 20-metre-wide sinkhole in eastern Seoul collapsed beneath traffic, injuring a woman and trapping a motorcyclist, whose body was found after a 17-hour search.

25/03/2025

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Horse rescued from pond in New York by police and neighbours

The 1,300-pound horse fell through the ice in a pond in upstate New York but was later rescued.

27/02/2025

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Fire crews rescue woman stuck in storm drain in California

Fire crews in San Bernardino have rescued a woman trapped in an underground storm drain. She was safely removed and taken to a hospital for a check-up, with no visible injuries.

21/02/2025

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Off-Duty firefighter and police officer rescue woman from burning car in Arizona crash

An off-duty firefighter and a police officer rescued a woman from a burning car after a crash near Phoenix, Arizona, with help from passersby.

20/02/2025

Russia

109 fishermen rescued from drifting ice floe in Russia

Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations sent out rescue teams to retrieve the stranded fishermen.

12/02/2025

Japan

Rescuers in Japan struggle to save truck driver trapped in sinkhole

Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a massive sinkhole on Tuesday.

31/01/2025

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Truck swallowed by sinkhole in Japan, with rescue efforts complicated by second hole

A truck was swallowed b a sinkhole in Japan's Yashio City on Tuesday morning.

29/01/2025

Turkey

Witnesses describe panic as fire tore through ski resort in Turkey

The fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalya — in the Koroglu mountains in Bolu province — on Tuesday left at least 76 people dead and 51 injured.

22/01/2025

Slovenia

Coal mine accident in Slovenia kills one person, two remain missing

The cause of the incident remains undetermined. Slovenia's President Nataša Pirc Musar has called for a thorough investigation.

21/01/2025

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Efforts to Contain Oil Spill from Grounded Tanker Advance with Technical Barrier Completion

Rescuers are monitoring over 910 km of the Black Sea coast, working to clean up the oil spill from the Volgoneft tankers, which leaked around 1,500 tons of fuel oil each.

17/01/2025