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The members of the NSW SES have proven their versatility again this storm season, dealing not only with the challenges of storm damage and flooding, but also the devastating impacts of tornados, responding to more than 17,100 storm and flood jobs.
The season began with a series of severe thunderstorms that brought damaging winds which [...]
Transport Minister Keith Brown has chaired a further Scottish Government Resilience (SGoR) meeting this morning as part of the response to the impact of the severe weather across Scotland.
Heavy snow caused disruption across the UK throughout yesterday and continues to impact on energy supplies and transport infrastructure today. In Scotland more than 18,000 homes [...]
Firefighter James Denniston, Engine 285, spent three months in Afghanistan as part of the 101st Rescue Squadron as part of the New York Air National Guard, and on his first tour back in his Queens firehouse, he was part of a team that rescued four people from an all-hands fire.
“It was a humbling [...]
A man has died after being swept away in flood waters at Widgee Creek yesterday afternoon.
Police were called to a vehicle that was stranded on Gympie Wooloolaga Road, Glastonbury where two men and a woman were trapped on a car that was in flood waters.
A 27-year-old man was swept away in flood waters, [...]
The NSW SES has received more than 590 calls for help from communities in northern New South Wales affected by heavy rain and flooding and that number is likely to rise with the rain expected to continue throughout Monday.
NSW SES volunteers have been busy sandbagging homes and businesses in places like Coffs Harbour, Yamba and [...]
Firefighters from the London Fire Brigade are warning people to stay off the ice after they were called to rescue two men yesterday who had fallen through frozen lakes to rescue their dogs.
Meanwhile, crews also rescued a child who was stuck on his sledge in the middle of a frozen lake.
With the cold [...]
South Yorkshire fire crews have had a busy Sunday morning dealing with flood-related incidents following the heavy overnight rain:
The Technical Rescue Unit (TRU) and crews from Edlington and Aston Park carried out a water rescue of a Doncaster man, his son and their dog, when their boat began listing . The boat, in which [...]
Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) received more than 160 calls in the 48 hour period from 24 November to 26 November. 80 of these were to flood-related incidents.
The majority of these calls were taken from 10.30pm to 3.00am on Saturday night/Sunday morning and Evesham, Hereford, Ross on Wye and Worcester were [...]
Since 21:30hrs ECFRS has received more than 30 calls to flooding related incidents.
The calls have come from the East Hanningfield, Bicknacre, Danbury and Colchester areas.
The calls have involved flooded homes and motorists who have become driven their carts into flood water trapping themselves.
Firefighters rescued two men after they had driven their Range [...]
Chief Fire Officer Lee Howell, of Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, has praised operational crews and Fire Control staff for their response to the exceptional adverse weather conditions.
Provisional figures have revealed that in the five days from 21-25 November, crews were called to deal with 869 flooding incidents out of a total [...]
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