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Hope dims after China mine miracle

Floodwaters kept rescuers from reaching 32 miners still trapped in a Chinese coal pit Tuesday. The recovery of six bodies dimmed ...

 

Sounds heard in China mine where 153 trapped

Rescuers heard tapping sounds Friday from the pipes in a flooded Chinese coal mine where 153 workers were trapped more than five days earlier, and another rescue team reportedly heard shouts, an official said....

 

India floods leave 2.5 million homeless, 250 dead

India floods leave 2.5 million homeless, 250 dead

Rescue workers used sandbags to stop a raging river from breaching its embankment near a southern Indian city on Monday as floods triggered by heavy rains over the last week left 2.5 million people homeless.

 

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