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After Avalanche Warnings, a Sierra Nevada Tragedy

Eight skiers were killed and one other was presumed dead in the deadliest snow disaster in modern California history. Six were found alive.

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An avalanche beacon checkpoint flashes along a trail to Castle Peak near Donner Pass on Wednesday.
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In Lake Tahoe Avalanche Recovery, the Safety of Searchers Is Top Concern

Weather and snow conditions will dictate when the bodies of skiers killed in the avalanche near Lake Tahoe can be retrieved from mountain. More snow is expected.

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Digging out a friend’s truck at the Castle Peak trailhead. Eight backcountry skiers have been confirmed dead in an avalanche in the Castle Peak area at Donner Pass on Wednesday.
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Top Concern in Avalanche Recovery Effort Is Now Safety of Searchers

Weather and snow conditions will dictate when the bodies of skiers killed in the avalanche near Lake Tahoe can be retrieved from mountain. More snow is expected.

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Digging out a friend’s truck at the Castle Peak trailhead. Eight backcountry skiers have been confirmed dead in an avalanche in the Castle Peak area at Donner Pass on Wednesday.
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Nine Skiers Still Missing After Lake Tahoe Avalanche

The avalanche struck a guided backcountry skiing group near Truckee, Calif., near the end of a multiday trip, officials said. Six skiers have been rescued.

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Members of a rescue team make their way to the area of an avalanche in Soda Springs, Calif., on Tuesday.
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How to Survive a Fall Through the Ice

The cardinal rule? Don’t panic. You actually have more time than you think to self-extricate or wait for help to arrive, an expert said.

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Cedar Lake in subzero temperatures in Minneapolis, Minn., last month. Experts emphasize that, if you should fall through ice, you have more time to self-extricate or be rescued than you might think.
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‘Today’ Anchor Savannah Guthrie’s Mother Is Missing, Authorities Say

Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, 84, was last seen on Saturday at her home in Tucson, Ariz. A sheriff said that investigators were treating her disappearance as a crime.

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Savannah Guthrie and her mother, Nancy Guthrie, on the “Today” show set in 2023.
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Search Suspended for 6 Missing in Boat Off the Coast of Massachusetts

One body was recovered after the Lily Jean, a 72-foot fishing vessel, sank on Friday. The U.S. Coast Guard said it was suspending its search for those who remained unaccounted for.

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A fishing boat that left from Gloucester, Mass., on Friday was reported missing off the coast of Massachusetts, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Coast Guard Suspends Search for Survivors of Latest Boat Strikes

The service said that conditions in the area where the search was taking place included nine-foot seas and winds approaching 50 miles per hour.

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A Coast Guard ship at Coast Guard Base San Juan on Wednesday. The strike on Tuesday was the fourth known instance of people surviving, at least initially, one of the 35 military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific.
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Coast Guard Searches for Survivors After More Boat Strikes

The U.S. military attacked a convoy of three boats in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, and two more on Wednesday, as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against people suspected of drug trafficking.

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A Coast Guard cutter in San Juan, P.R. An undetermined number of people survived strikes by the U.S. military on boats in the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
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After a Plane Crashed in the Texas Fog, 2 Stories of Rescue

A plane from Mexico was on a medical mission on Monday when it crashed into Galveston Bay, and two men on the water that day helped save two lives.

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Multiple people responding to a plane crash near Galveston, Texas, on Monday.
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