Storm lashes state as flooding tears through regions
Heavy rain pounded Southern California causing mud slides and road closures from the La Conchita area to prime corridors. Deaths included a two year old in a submerged car near Los Angeles. Other regions reported avalanches in Utah and Nevada. Snow blanketed Sierra Nevada as Amtrak halted service and officials warned of more rainfall before dawn.
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Relief convoy reaches rebel Sri Lanka hospital after tsunami
Knightsbridge aid team led by Laws and Artis battles checkpoints and distrust to deliver nearly 1.5 million dollars in medicines to Kilinochi and Nilaveli hospitals. U.N. plans, LTTE tensions, and a rare calm amid wrecked towns frame a perilous mission to establish a supply chain for tsunami victims.
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California flood rescues as storms claim multiple lives
In a week of deadly California storms a two year old girl drowned after slipping from her mother’s grip in Palmdale floodwaters. A five year old girl, her brother and father were rescued from neck high mud as crews fought to reach victims. A driver swept two miles down a swift river was saved after ropes and life vests were deployed, and a passer by saved others from a collapsed home inundated by mud. Rescue workers described the operations as challenging and life saving, with authorities weighing charges against the mother involved in the Palmdale incident. A Nevada ski lift accident killed a 13 year old, with two others surviving. lifeguard trained teams and rapid response units were deployed for flood rescues across the region.
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