Snow Rescue

NH Conservation Officers Rescue Maine Hiker
WMTW Portland
The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said it received a call from a concerned family member saying that Evan Embrey of Buxton had become tired in heavy winds and deep snow on Franconia Ridge after being blown from the trail.
Rescuers Battle Extreme Conditions To Find Stranded HikerWMUR Manchester

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ABC News
Heavy Snow Traps Many People in Bosnia
ABC News
It also ordered men who own shovels or vehicles big enough to plow snow to help the city clear the streets, especially ones leading to hospitals. Meanwhile, efforts were under way to rescue hundreds of people trapped on snow-covered highways.

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BBC News
Europe snow: Your pictures
BBC News
Bosnian villages have been cut off, and rescue helicopters have had to airlift supplies and evacuate residents. Katie McCraw in Mostar, Bosnia sent in this picture of her front door, which highlights the depth of snow that has fallen.

Heavy snow traps many people in Bosnia
The Associated Press
It also ordered men who own shovels or vehicles big enough to plow snow to help the city clear the streets, especially ones leading to hospitals. Meanwhile, efforts were under way to rescue hundreds of people trapped on snow-covered highways.

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Rescuers Battle Extreme Conditions To Find Stranded Hiker
WMUR Manchester
FRANCONIA, NH -- Conservation crews battled heavy winds and deep snow to rescue a hiker who had become stranded on Franconia Ridge in the extreme conditions, according to New Hampshire Fish and Game officials. Evan Embrey, 24, of Buxton, Maine, ...

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First Tracks
Cornice collapse touched off avalanche that killed Bigfork skier
The Missoulian
Members of North Valley Search and Rescue and the US Forest Service arrived by snowmobile around noon, and quickly located Albee's body after conducting a transceiver search. The body was recovered from under approximately five feet of snow and flown ...
Weather slowed search for man killed in avalanche near BigforkKPAX-TV
Backcountry skier died in Jewel Basin avalancheFlathead Publishing Group
Family, friends mourn loss of skier killed in avalancheKAJ18 Kalispell Montana News
Daily Inter Lake -NBC Montana -KXLH Helena News
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Firefighters urge the public to take extra care on their travels as snow moves in
Your Local Guardian
By Hannah Williamson » With snow expected across London tonight, fire chiefs are urging people to take extra care on their travels this weekend. Firefighters across the capital are on standby to undertake water rescues if people get stuck on icy lakes ...

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Storm gives schoolchildren a snow day (Slide show, video)
ReporterHerald.com
By Craig Young Reporter-Herald Staff Writer The storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Loveland on Friday gave children a day off from school and left the soil with a heavy load of moisture. "This is more like a March storm," said state ...

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KDLT News
From Snow To Fog, Pinpointing Your Super Bowl Weekend Forecast
KDLT News
by Angela Schilling, Meteorologist In the Northern Plains winter storms are nothing new, but this time around it looks like we'll luck out with the majority of the snow staying well to our south, however visibilities will still be low this ...

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Authorities identify Bigfork skier killed in avalanche; list suffocation as ...
The Missoulian
Members of North Valley Search and Rescue and the US Forest Service arrived by snowmobile around noon, and quickly located Albee's body after conducting a transceiver search. The body was recovered from under approximately five feet of snow and flown ...
Weather slowed search for man killed in avalanche near BigforkKPAX-TV
Backcountry skier died in Jewel Basin avalancheFlathead Publishing Group
Family, friends mourn loss of skier killed in avalancheKAJ18 Kalispell Montana News
Daily Inter Lake -NBC Montana -KXLH Helena News
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Irish Times
Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
Reuters
Temperatures plummeted to minus 37 Celsius (minus 35 Fahrenheit) in northern Slovakia and rescue workers dug through snow on mountain roads to rescue stranded bus passengers in the Balkans. In Romania, 80 percent of the Danube river was frozen over ...
Children rescued as European cold snap worsensTVNZ

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Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
Toronto Sun
A policeman tries to open the frozen door of his car stuck in snow during blizzards in Afumati, near Bucharest on January 26, 2012. (REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel) Two stray dogs run in the deserted snow-covered North Railway Station in Bucharest February 3, ...

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Snow drives homeless people to Denver Rescue Mission
Denver Post
By Kieran Nicholson The massive snowstorm that shut down businesses across the city compelled the Denver Rescue Mission to keep its doors open today. The rescue mission's Lawrence Street Shelter, 1130 Park Ave. West, housed more than 300 men last night ...

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Nanaimo Daily News
Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
Reuters
Temperatures plummeted to minus 37 Celsius (minus 35 Fahrenheit) in northern Slovakia and rescue workers dug through snow on mountain roads to rescue stranded bus passengers in the Balkans. In Romania, 80 percent of the Danube river was frozen over ...
Children rescued as European cold snap worsensTVNZ

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Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
Reuters
Temperatures plummeted to minus 37 Celsius (minus 35 Fahrenheit) in northern Slovakia and rescue workers dug through snow on mountain roads to rescue stranded bus passengers in the Balkans. In Romania, 80 percent of the Danube river was frozen over ...
Children rescued as European cold snap worsensTVNZ

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Weather slowed search for man killed in avalanche near Bigfork
KPAX-TV
Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says that search and rescue efforts were futile Wednesday night as heavy snow made it impossible to see the avalanche slide. Searchers headed back into the Wildcat Lake area Thursday at around 10 am and the Flathead ...
Backcountry skier died in Jewel Basin avalancheFlathead Publishing Group
Family, friends mourn loss of skier killed in avalancheKAJ18 Kalispell Montana News
Flathead County Sheriff Confirms Missing Skier's Body FoundNBC Montana
Daily Inter Lake -KXLH Helena News -First Tracks
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Weather slowed search for missing skier near Bigfork
KPAX-TV
Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says that search and rescue efforts were futile Wednesday night as heavy snow made it impossible to see the avalanche slide. Searchers headed back into the Wildcat Lake area Thursday at around 10 am and the Flathead ...
Backcountry skier died in Jewel Basin avalancheFlathead Publishing Group
Flathead County Sheriff Confirms Missing Skier's Body FoundNBC Montana
Missing skier sought in Jewel BasinDaily Inter Lake
KAJ18 Kalispell Montana News -KXLH Helena News -First Tracks
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Times 24
Welwyn Garden City firefighters in dramatic 'snow rescue'
Times 24
By Paul Christian, Reporter Friday, February 3, 2012 A DRAMATIC snow rescue drill was carried out by fire crews from Welwyn Garden City and other parts of Hertfordshire. To send a link to this page to a friend, simply enter their email address below.

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TheNewsTribune.com
1988 Barrow whale rescue: The real story
Anchorage Daily News
Now that "Big Miracle" is opening -- the movie is loosely based on the 1988 rescue effort in Barrow -- how close is the movie to actual events? How on earth did Greenpeace, Veco's Bill Allen and the oil giant Arco, Ted Stevens, the Soviets, ...
'Big Miracle': The real storyTheNewsTribune.com

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Elderly woman rescued after being buried in snow for 4 hours
Mainichi Daily News
MOGAMI, Yamagata -- An 84-year-old woman was rescued after being buried for four hours in snow that fell from the roof of her home here, police said. At around 3:50 pm on Feb. 2, residents notified emergency services that a "person had been buried ...

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