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Nov 24, 2007 8:47 AM CST

Bangladeshi Bridge Collapses

Villagers struggle to free people trapped under fallen concrete slabs

(Newser) - At least three people were killed and scores injured in Bangladesh today when a bridge packed with thousands of cyclone survivors collapsed, the AP reports. Another 20 people were missing. The collapse occurred as Bangladeshis moved toward a relief center to receive much-needed food and supplies in a district hard...

Flood Victims Fight for Food

Nov 5, 2007 6:55 PM CST

Flood Victims Fight for Food

20,000 still trapped on rooftops as workers focus on 'selective evacuations'

(Newser) - Mexican flood victims fought for food and medicine today, as workers continued efforts to rescue 20,000 still stranded on rooftops, the AP reports. Some camped on upper floors or roofs to guard possessions, while others went looking—some looting—for food. One worker said rescuers were focusing on "...

'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico

Nov 3, 2007 5:58 AM CDT

'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico

Million flee homes amid fears of disease, food and water shortages

(Newser) - Shortages of food, drinking water, and medicine threaten southeastern Mexico, where muddy flood waters cover 80% of the state of Tabasco and almost a million people have had to flee their homes. "The scene here is terrible, it's biblical," a Red Cross official told the Guardian, as a...

Fire Rescues Tax Resources

Oct 22, 2007 12:16 PM CDT

Fire Rescues Tax Resources

(Newser) - As wildfires rage across the region, Southern California officials are begging residents to evacuate when ordered and to avoid making phone calls, CNN reports. “We've been unable to do any suppression effort because the fire resources are being used to do rescues,” one fire chief railed. Rescuers complain...

Fossett Search Drastically Reduced

Sep 18, 2007 1:55 PM CDT

Fossett Search Drastically Reduced

More than 2 weeks after aviator vanished, tips are drying up

(Newser) - Searchers are dramatically scaling back efforts to find missing adventurer Steve Fossett as the rescue mission enters its third week and tips dry up. At one point, 45 aircraft plied the skies looking for wreckage, but the Nevada Civil Air Patrol is suspending its efforts, limiting searchers to five National...

Asthma Hits 9/11 Rescuers at 12 Times Normal Rate

Aug 29, 2007 5:05 AM CDT

Asthma Hits 9/11 Rescuers at 12 Times Normal Rate

Rates highest for those who arrived first, worked longest and didn't wear masks

(Newser) - Ground Zero rescue and cleanup workers are developing asthma at 12 times the normal rate, a New York City health report has found. Among 25,000 workers interviewed, 3.6% of them—926 firefighters, police officers, construction workers and volunteers—have been diagnosed with the respiratory illness since 2001. The...

Rain Foils Mine Camera Drop

Aug 28, 2007 12:11 PM CDT

Rain Foils Mine Camera Drop

But device should work in normal conditions

(Newser) - An 8-inch robotic camera’s descent down a 1,415-foot borehole in the collapsed Crandall Canyon Mine was cut short yesterday by several hours of steady rain, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The weather blocked positioning of equipment needed to drop the camera, as well as preparations for a seventh...

Rescue Workers Will Bore One
Last Hole

Aug 23, 2007 3:55 AM CDT

Rescue Workers Will Bore One Last Hole

Company decides to close mine permanently

(Newser) - Workers will bore a final hole in a bid to locate six miners lost in a Utah mine, but if that fails, the operation will be halted and the mine closed as a kind of memorial tomb, the owner said yesterday. "We're not going to risk more live people...

Owners Mull Reopening Mine

Aug 22, 2007 12:49 PM CDT

Owners Mull Reopening Mine

With fate of missing miners still uncertain, economic issues surface

(Newser) - Days after three more deaths ended efforts to rescue trapped miners, Crandall Canyon’s operators are talking about reopening the Utah mine—to mixed reaction from families and townspeople, according to the Times. Some wonder how the area is safe for mining but not for continuing recovery operations; others point...

Mine Owner: They're Probably Dead

Aug 21, 2007 7:05 AM CDT

Mine Owner: They're Probably Dead

Miners' bodies may never be recovered

(Newser) - The trapped Utah miners are most likely dead, and their bodies may never be recovered, mine owner Robert Murray acknowledged to bereaved family members last night. Following the death of three rescuers—and a report from mining experts concluding that further attempts would be an unacceptable risk—underground rescue efforts...

Floods Trap 180 Chinese Miners

Aug 18, 2007 9:34 AM CDT

Floods Trap 180 Chinese Miners

Officials have little hope of rescuing trapped men

(Newser) - Flash flooding complicated efforts in eastern China today to rescue 180 miners trapped underground, and officials warned the men had little chance of survival. Pummeled by hours of downpour, an overwhelmed river breached its levee and gushed rushing waters into the Shandong coal mine, where 756 people had been working....

3 Rescue Workers Killed in Mine

Aug 17, 2007 12:53 AM CDT

3 Rescue Workers Killed in Mine

Community reels as seismic jolt triggers new accident

(Newser) - Three men have died and six were injured in another collapse at a Utah mine where the team was working to save six trapped miners, reports the New York Times. "It's a devastating blow to what was already a tragic situation," said the local mayor. The accident yesterday...

New Images Offer Hope at Mine

Aug 16, 2007 5:56 AM CDT

New Images Offer Hope at Mine

After sounds, emergency camera detects space of fresh air

(Newser) - Hours after rescuers in Utah detected noise from the collapsed mine, images from a videocamera lowered into the disaster site offered a glimmer of hope, the AP reports. Although the camera did not pick up the miners, it did film a ventilation curtain used to ensure workers have access to...

Rescuers Hear 'Noise' in Mine

Aug 15, 2007 10:46 PM CDT

Rescuers Hear 'Noise' in Mine

Crews start drilling toward unknown sound

(Newser) - Rescuers digging for men who have been trapped underground for 10 days heard noise inside the mine today, prompting crews to drill a fourth hole in the sound's direction. They described hearing 5 minutes of “noise” through seismic geophones, ignighting some hope in an otherwise-discouraging rescue effort. "There's...

Crickey! Crocs Tree Aussie Man

Aug 15, 2007 4:09 AM CDT

Crickey! Crocs Tree Aussie Man

Farmer perches in tree for a week waiting for rescuers

(Newser) - An Australian farmer spent a week in a tree, out of reach of stalking crocodiles and surviving on two sandwiches and some fresh water, reports the BBC. He fell from his horse while riding in the northern outback and found himself in high swamp grass criss-crossed with "monstrous" croc...

Mine Collapse Survivor Didn't Hear the Cave-In

Aug 13, 2007 10:53 AM CDT

Mine Collapse Survivor Didn't Hear the Cave-In

Found out via text message

(Newser) - One of the four miners who escaped the Crandall Canyon collapse that trapped six men told the AP he didn't hear or feel the cave-in as it was occurring. Tim Curtis, who was near the mine's entrance at the time, heard of the collapse via text message on an personal...

Rescuers Find More Remains at Bridge Site

Aug 12, 2007 9:09 PM CDT

Rescuers Find More Remains at Bridge Site

Hoisted school bus part of tragedy that could have been worse

(Newser) - Divers recovered more human remains from the Mississippi River bridge site today after being kept out of the water in a thunderstorm last night, CNN reports. The divers fought dangerous river currents to bring up the remains, which were not identified on the scene. Five people are still missing in...

Officials to Drill Third Hole at Utah Mine

Aug 12, 2007 6:50 PM CDT

Officials to Drill Third Hole at Utah Mine

Poorly lit video spies equipment but no sign of missing miners

(Newser) - Mine officials will drill a third hole to locate six Utah miners trapped for close to a week, the AP reports. A video camera with poor lighting was lowered into a hole yesterday and found mining equipment, but no sign of the miners. Still, rescuers said they were treating the...

Rescuers See
'Survivable
Space' in Mine

Aug 11, 2007 4:40 PM CDT

Rescuers See 'Survivable Space' in Mine

Attempts to communicate with miners met by 'heartbreaking' silence

(Newser) - A camera lowered into a Utah mine where six men are stranded showed a 5 1/2-foot “survivable space” today but little else, the AP reports. Rescuers pulled out the video camera to protect it from flowing water and install another lens, hoping for a wider angle on the...

Second Drill Penetrates Utah Mine

Aug 11, 2007 8:13 AM CDT

Second Drill Penetrates Utah Mine

After failed attempt, equipment reaches chamber believed to hold trapped men

(Newser) - A second drill has reached the chamber where rescuers believe six Utah miners are trapped, opening up the possibility that a video camera will reveal whether the men are alive. The new hole, wider than the first, punched through at 3am today, the AP reports, and images are expected later....