TheRepublic.com - Search and rescue efforts News

San Antonio flooding kills 1; 200-plus rescued

Sat, 25 May 2013 19:53:15 -0400

SAN ANTONIO - The San Antonio Fire Department says it's rescued more than 200 people from homes and cars amid flooding that killed at least one person.

Search continues in creek for missing Okla. teen

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:59:05 -0400

KINGFISHER, Oklahoma - Authorities continue to search for a Kingfisher teenager who disappeared after jumping into Uncle John Creek.

Toddler goes missing from Elk River campground

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:41:14 -0400

ELK RIVER, Minnesota - Hundreds of volunteers and rescue workers helped search Saturday for a 2-year-old girl who went missing from a campground in Elk River a day earlier.

Authorities search for Iowa teen amid rain, wind

Sat, 25 May 2013 17:22:14 -0400

DAYTON, Iowa - Authorities on Saturday searched amid rainy and windy conditions for an Iowa teenager who was abducted Monday.

2 Pa. men rescued after boat runs aground in Del.

Sat, 25 May 2013 15:35:11 -0400

DELAWARE CITY, Delaware - Two Pennsylvania men are fine after being rescued by firefighters after their 25-foot recreation boat ran aground on the Delaware River.

Rescuers look for pilot in deadly NY Angel Flight

Sat, 25 May 2013 13:45:14 -0400

EPHRATAH, New York - Divers searched a large pond while investigators combed nearby woods Saturday for any sign of the pilot of a volunteer Angel Flight that crashed in upstate New York, killing two passengers.

Woman feared Iowa kidnapping suspect's release

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:10:58 -0400

IOWA CITY, Iowa - The ex-girlfriend of a man suspected of kidnapping two Iowa girls this week worried that he would harm her and her family before his impending release from prison in 2011, citing prior sexual and physical abuse and threats, according to court records released Friday.

Officials scale back search for abducted Iowa teen

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:43:06 -0400

DAYTON, Iowa - Authorities are scaling back their search for a missing Iowa teenager abducted from a rural school bus stop this week.

Police recover body of man missing in Hudson River

Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:53 -0400

RENSSELAER, New York - Police say they've recovered the body of a man who fell into the Hudson River while fishing from an Albany-area dock.

Lake search to resume for missing Cornell student

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:19:11 -0400

COVERT, New York - Police plan to return to one of the Fingers Lakes for a third day as they resume searching for a Cornell University senior who disappeared while canoeing.

Fossil area closed after 2 boys die in Minn. park

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:28:17 -0400

MINNEAPOLIS - St. Paul authorities shut down a popular fossil-hunting area in a riverside park Thursday, one day after two children were killed and two others injured by a landslide.

Parking deck collapses at Md. mall; 1 killed

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:01:51 -0400

BETHESDA, Maryland - A parking garage partially collapsed Thursday outside a shopping mall in suburban Maryland, and officials said one construction worker died after being trapped under a concrete slab.

Iowa girl, 12, describes escape after kidnapping

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:56:48 -0400

DAYTON, Iowa - A 12-year-old Iowa girl says she and a friend were kidnapped after being lured into a stranger's truck while walking home from school.

Neb. rescue team returns home after Okla. tornado

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:03:29 -0400

LINCOLN, Nebraska - A search and rescue team from Nebraska is returning home after helping with tornado damage in an Oklahoma City suburb.

Part of unused parking garage collapses in Md.

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:47:19 -0400

BETHESDA, Maryland - Fire and rescue officials say a parking garage that was closed to the public has partially collapsed outside a shopping mall in Bethesda, Maryland, killing one construction worker and severely injuring another man.

Joplin remembers tornado, pushes for recovery

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:44:43 -0400

JOPLIN, Missouri - The draft beer and whiskey shots flow freely at the sparkling new Joplin Elks Lodge 501, a distant hallway plaque the only visible reminder that three members and a bartender cleaning up after Sunday bingo died in a monster tornado that forever grafted a little-known southwest Missouri city into the nation's disaster lexicon.

DOC looking for missing inmate in S. Dakota

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:33:48 -0400

RAPID CITY, South Dakota - Authorities are searching for an inmate who left his work assignment at the Rapid City minimum-security facility.

Okla. lawmakers to take up tornado recovery bill

Wed, 22 May 2013 10:34:41 -0400

OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma lawmakers are preparing to take up legislation to appropriate $45 million in emergency funds to help pay for recovery efforts following deadly tornadoes in central Oklahoma.

All 28 bodies recovered from Indonesian mine room

Wed, 22 May 2013 05:23:18 -0400

TIMIKA, Indonesia - Rescuers on Wednesday recovered the last of 28 miners killed last week when an underground room of a giant Indonesian gold and copper mine collapsed, the operator of the U.S.-owned facility said.

APNewsBreak: Coast Guard deserter to be confined

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:07:22 -0400

HONOLULU - A Coast Guard rescue swimmer whose disappearance led to a massive search in Hawaii pleaded guilty to desertion Tuesday, saying he left work one day, decided never to return and spent the next three months camping in the mountains. A military judge sentenced him to more than six months confinement and a bad conduct discharge.

Man goes missing while on Keys boating trip

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:04:31 -0400

KEY WEST, Florida - Authorities in the Florida Keys are searching for a man who went missing during a boating trip.

No new funds needed for Okla. tornado recovery

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:07:18 -0400

WASHINGTON - Top lawmakers and officials said Tuesday that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma.

Calif. sends rescue workers to Okla. tornado site

Tue, 21 May 2013 16:51:47 -0400

SACRAMENTO, California - California is sending six specially trained urban search-and-rescue workers to Oklahoma to assist recovery efforts after Monday's tornado.

Tennessee sends search and rescue team to Oklahoma

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:16:30 -0400

MEMPHIS, Tennessee - A Tennessee-based team of emergency service workers has gone to Oklahoma to help with tornado recovery.

Texas search team to help after Okla. twister

Tue, 21 May 2013 10:04:54 -0400

AUSTIN, Texas - Members of an elite search and rescue team from Texas have been dispatched to Oklahoma to help with recovery following a deadly tornado.