Aaron Akaberi and Juan Carlos Montoya Hernandez died Thursday as a violent downpour pummeled the city, swamping the five boroughs under nearly two inches of rain within 20 minutes, officials said.

The father and son were swimming in an unguarded area of the beach when they get caught in a rip current. The son was rescued ...

It’s a nightmare at 16,000 feet. Nearly 1,000 adventurers were trapped on Mount Everest after a massive blizzard swept in this weekend — as rescue crews struggled to reach the stranded campsite on ...

Beijing — Rescue workers were helping hundreds of hikers trapped by heavy snow at tourist campsites on a slope of Mount Everest in Tibet, Chinese state media said late Sunday. About 350 hikers had ...

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A collapse at a gold mine in northern Colombia trapped more than 20 miners, and rescuers were working Tuesday to dig them out, government and company officials said. Canada's ...

NEWARK, New Jersey -- Two police officers in Newark are being hailed as heroes for jumping into action and saving a toddler's life. The call came in Sunday after a 2-year-old girl nearly drowned in a ...

A care home has been ordered to pay more than £200,000 after two wheelchair users drowned and a third was seriously hurt when ...

British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) said had the tide been coming in, the water would have drowned it. A team of BDMLR volunteers freed the seal before the tide turned and found it had minimal ...

Experts explained if the tide were coming in, the seal would have drowned; however, the tide dropped enough for BDMLR Medics to reach the trapped seal safely. The team then carried out a "careful ...

Varanasi: National Disaster Relief Force personnel rescued 20 people from drowning in the Ganga, on Wednesday. A boat ...