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"This rescue was an extremely challenging and technical operation, and an incredible effort over many hours to save the man’s life,” Doug Oosterloo, acting assistant commissioner at Tasmania ...
Officials said the man, a tourist in his 60s, was kayaking with friends in the Franklin River when he slipped and became trapped. Kayaker's leg amputated after 20-hour rescue to free him from ...
A dramatic rescue was caught on video in California, as a helicopter rescued two people in kayaks trapped by a high tide. The San Luis Obispo County Urban Search and Rescue team rescued the two ...
Salt River passing below the Central Avenue Bridge in southern Phoenix after winter rains, March 2010. As the Salt River passes through its reservoirs, it flows by the Four Peaks Wilderness, near the Four Peaks. A few miles downstream of Stewart Mountain Dam, the last of the four Salt River Project dams, the Verde River joins the Salt from the ...
Normally a gentle, small stream, the river's hydrology is such that flash floods may sweep down its stony course after heavy rains. Rivers along this coastline are subject to such flooding, mostly having short, steep courses, but relatively large catchment areas, funneling water into narrow, steep, rocky gorges, accompanied by rapid rises in ...
[1] [2] It affected most of the Salt River Valley in Maricopa County, Arizona, and caused damaged to the cities of Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa. [3] [4] [5] The river swelled to over 3 miles wide and caused significant damage, including the destruction of a railroad bridge. [1] The flood was a major precursor to the formation of the Salt River ...
Video captured the moment an Oklahoma City police officer and good Samaritan saved a man who was on the verge of falling into the water below. Video captures split-second rescue when officer ...
The phrase ‘to go up Salt River’ or ‘to be rowed up Salt River’ is a colloquial political slogan or catchphrase originating from the Antebellum South era of the United States, with its earliest references from 1827 onwards.