Posts Tagged ‘rubble’

More Than 500 Dead in Turkey

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Man pulled from the rubble after 100 hours.

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More Than 500 Dead in Turkey

Death toll in Turkish 7.2-magnitude quake rises to 432

Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

ERCIS, Turkey — Officials say the death toll in the powerful earthquake that hit eastern Turkey is now 432. The prime minister’s office on Tuesday also said 1,352 people were injured in Sunday’s 7.2-magnitude quake. Earlier, rescuers pulled out a 2-week-old baby girl, her mother and grandmother alive from the rubble of an apartment building. The quake has toppled some 2,000 buildings in the mainly Kurdish area. Read full article > >

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Body found in shop blast rubble

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

A body is discovered in the rubble of a kebab shop in Leicester that was destroyed in an explosion.

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Joplin official: Still in search and rescue mode

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Joplin, Missouri emergency officials say they are still conducting a search and rescue for survivors of the devastating tornado that struck Sunday night. They say, however, that most reports of cries for help from the rubble are unfounded. (May 24) Read full article > >

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Dog saved from rubble in Joplin, Mo.

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

A dog was rescued from the rubble by volunteers in Joplin, Mo., after a devastating tornado. Despite hail and cold weather, rescue teams have not given up hope that they will continue to find survivors. (May 23) Read full article > >

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Mexico mine rescue hopes dwindle

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Rescuers recover five bodies from the rubble of a Mexican pit blast as hopes for nine other miners trapped underground fade.

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Japan’s struggle

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Amongst the rubble one month on, in sound and pictures

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Japan Survivor Found After 8 Days

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

It’s almost too good to be true: Japan’s military says an earthquake and tsunami survivor has been pulled from the rubble after an astonishing eight days. The survivor, a young man, was found in Kesennuma city, in the northeast of Japan where the…

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NZ quake: No bodies in cathedral

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Search teams in Christchurch, New Zealand, react with relief after finding no bodies in the rubble of the earthquake-hit cathedral.

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VIDEO: ‘Narrow window’ to save quake lives

Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Rescue teams have a “narrow window” of opportunity to save people trapped in the rubble from the earthquake which hit Christchurch, according to New Zealand’s foreign minister.

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Several injured in gas explosion

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

Firefighters are searching the rubble for survivors after a huge gas explosion destroyed a house in Salford, injuring up to 10 people.

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Haiti’s earthquake rubble remains

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Only 2% of the rubble from Haiti’s devastating earthquake has been cleared, eight months after it struck Port-au-Prince.

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