KCSO is emphasizing the importance of life jackets when in or around Kern River after two rescue operationsin the same area ...

Stranded hikers at Rock Creek were safely rescued by the Plumas County Search and Rescue team over the weekend. Their use of ...

The search for a missing 64-year-old man was suspended Thursday because of unsafe conditions after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the ...

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and submerging much of an Alpine village under a mass of brownish sludge.

A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down a Swiss mountainside on Wednesday, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of an Alpine village that ...

Climbers on the 4,199m Rimpfischhorn found several pairs of unattended skis and alerted rescue authorities, who found the ...

Daniel Noboa, Ecuador’s  youngest-ever president and heir to a prominent banana-exporting fortune, has been sworn in for his ...

At least 427 Rohingya,   Myanmar’s Muslim minority, may have perished at sea in two shipwrecks on May 9 and 10, the United ...

The essentials include a light source, fire-making kit, whistle or mirror, extra food and water, extra clothing ... in case of an avalanche, he said. The B.C. Search and Rescue Association ...

Every year, climbers in Nepal's high peaks face the risk of getting lost or stranded, where every moment counts in search and rescue ... 10 years later as an avalanche rescue system.

At least seven people lost their lives while skiing or snowboarding so far this season at Oregon ski areas and in the backcountry.