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Virginia Rescue Teams Search Collapsed Buildings After Deadly Venezuela Earthquakes (PHOTOS) Virginia Rescue Teams Search Collapsed Buildings After Deadly Venezuela Earthquakes (PHOTOS)
Virginia Rescue Teams Search Collapsed Buildings After Deadly Venezuela Earthquakes (Photos) As families desperately wait for signs of life beneath mountains of concrete in Venezuela, one of America's most elite rescue teams is already crawling through the rubble. Virginia Task Force 1, based in Fairfax County, is now conducting around-the-clock search-and-rescue operations in Venezuela after a pair of devastating earthquakes leveled buildings and left more than 1,400 people dead, according to international reports. The Fairfax County-sponsored Urban Search and Rescue team deployed as part of the US Department of State's international disaster response, bringing 79 specially tra…
Update: 800-Plus Killed, Thousands More Injured After Horrific Earthquake In Afghanistan Update: 800-Plus Killed, Thousands More Injured After Horrific Earthquake In Afghanistan
Update: 800-Plus Killed, Thousands More Injured After Horrific Earthquake In Afghanistan A powerful nighttime earthquake tore through eastern Afghanistan, flattening homes and triggering frantic rescues as the death toll climbed into the hundreds. The Taliban-led government said on Monday, Sept. 1, that at least 800 people were killed and more than 2,800 injured after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck near the Pakistan border.  The tremor caused casualties and damage in Nangarhar province, which includes Jalalabad, and the neighboring provinces of Kunar and Laghman. The US Geological Survey said the quake hit Sunday night, Aug. 31, about 17 miles from Jalalabad at a depth of…
161 Now Confirmed Missing After Catastrophic July 4th Flash Flooding In Texas 161 Now Confirmed Missing After Catastrophic July 4th Flash Flooding In Texas
161 Now Confirmed Missing After Catastrophic July 4th Flash Flooding In Texas The number of missing people following the historic flash flooding that swept through central Texas early on the morning of July 4 has now climbed to 161. The death toll has reached 109 statewide, Gov. Greg Abbott announced late Tuesday afternoon, July 8 at a press conference. A total of 94 of the deaths were in Kerr County in the state's Hill Country. There are five campers and one counselor from historic Camp Mystic in Kerr County now unaccounted for. Initially, 27 girls who attended the camp were missing. Abbott said there likely could be more people missing. The flooding was more …