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China: Daring Rescue Frees Horse Stuck in Mud

Filmed on September 12, 2026, at the Yellow River Beach tourist area in Xinxiang, Henan, this video shows a horse stuck in a deep mud pit, unable to move on its own. A group of people gather to help, attaching ropes to the animal and pulling in unison, counting to three with each heave as they sink into the mud themselves. After several attempts, the horse is finally pulled free.

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China: Pig Rescued After 36 Days Trapped Beneath Flood Debris

On September 9, 2026, in Zhashui County, Shaanxi, a pig was found alive after being trapped for 36 days beneath mud and debris from a mudslide. Rescuers cleared the surrounding rubble and freed the weakened but responsive animal from the narrow space.

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RECAP: Hundreds Dead in Sri Lanka’s Worst Flooding in Decades

Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency after Cyclone Ditwah triggered catastrophic flooding across the country. At least 410 people have been killed and 366 remain missing. Floodwaters in Colombo peaked overnight, and while levels have begun to recede, large parts of the capital and surrounding areas remain buried in mud, with the full extent of the damage still unclear. More than 148,000 people have been evacuated to temporary shelters, and the military has deployed helicopters and boats for rescue operations and aid delivery. The disaster is Sri Lanka’s worst since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

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Deadly Floods and Landslides in North and West Sumatra - Indonesia

Rescue team and villagers work together to clean mud after floods and landslides in North Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, November 28, 2025. The number of fatalities from floods and landslides that struck Indonesia's Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra has risen to 164, with 79 people still missing and 12 others injured, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Friday. Photo by Gatha Ginting/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods and Landslides in North and West Sumatra - Indonesia

Rescue team works to clean mud after floods and landslides in North Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, November 28, 2025. The number of fatalities from floods and landslides that struck Indonesia's Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra has risen to 164, with 79 people still missing and 12 others injured, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Friday. Photo by Gatha Ginting/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deadly Floods and Landslides in North and West Sumatra - Indonesia

Rescue team works to clean mud after floods and landslides in North Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, Indonesia, November 28, 2025. The number of fatalities from floods and landslides that struck Indonesia's Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra has risen to 164, with 79 people still missing and 12 others injured, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Friday. Photo by Gatha Ginting/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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Yuzhong Mountain Torrents Rescue Efforts - China

Members of the People's Armed Police Force Gansu Corps clean up mud in Xinglongshan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province, on August 10, 2025. The People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) Gansu Corps mobilized over 400 officers and soldiers on Sunday, deploying them to several villages in Yuzhong County, including Xinglongshan, Maliantan, Xiaokangying, and Jiuzhuanggou. The forces will conduct disaster relief work, which includes searching for missing individuals, roadway clearing, transferring materials, and disinfecting affected areas. Photo by Hou Conghui /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yuzhong Mountain Torrents Rescue Efforts - China

Members of the People's Armed Police Force Gansu Corps clean up mud in Xinglongshan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province, on August 10, 2025. The People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) Gansu Corps mobilized over 400 officers and soldiers on Sunday, deploying them to several villages in Yuzhong County, including Xinglongshan, Maliantan, Xiaokangying, and Jiuzhuanggou. The forces will conduct disaster relief work, which includes searching for missing individuals, roadway clearing, transferring materials, and disinfecting affected areas. Photo by Hou Conghui /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yuzhong Mountain Torrents Rescue Efforts - China

Members of the People's Armed Police Force Gansu Corps clean up mud in Xinglongshan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province, on August 10, 2025. The People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) Gansu Corps mobilized over 400 officers and soldiers on Sunday, deploying them to several villages in Yuzhong County, including Xinglongshan, Maliantan, Xiaokangying, and Jiuzhuanggou. The forces will conduct disaster relief work, which includes searching for missing individuals, roadway clearing, transferring materials, and disinfecting affected areas. Photo by Hou Conghui /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Yuzhong Mountain Torrents Rescue Efforts - China

Members of the People's Armed Police Force Gansu Corps clean up mud in Xinglongshan Village, Yuzhong County of northwest China's Gansu Province, on August 10, 2025. The People's Armed Police Force (PAPF) Gansu Corps mobilized over 400 officers and soldiers on Sunday, deploying them to several villages in Yuzhong County, including Xinglongshan, Maliantan, Xiaokangying, and Jiuzhuanggou. The forces will conduct disaster relief work, which includes searching for missing individuals, roadway clearing, transferring materials, and disinfecting affected areas. Photo by Hou Conghui /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Foal Rescued from Mud Pit in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia

A foal was found struggling to escape from a deep mud pit, its legs completely submerged and unable to move, in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, on July 18. The video shows a group of Chinese tourists and local herdsmen working together with their bare hands to rescue the foal.

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Greece: Severe Storms Batter Cyclades, Triggering Flooding 4

Severe weather with heavy rainfall hit the Cyclades, the island group southeast of mainland Greece on Monday, March 31, triggering widespread flooding. Authorities imposed a traffic ban on the islands of Paros and Mykonos due to the severe flooding.

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Landslides And Flash Floods Hit Java - Indonesia

A woman touches her cat as they wade through flood water in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia, on December 12, 2024. Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Monday. Two people are still missing. Torrential rains since last week have caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through more than 170 villages in Sukabumi district of West Java province, as mud, rocks and trees tumbled down mountainside hamlets, said Lt. Col. Yudi Hariyanto, who heads a rescue command post in Sukabum. Photo by Saddam/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Landslides And Flash Floods Hit Java - Indonesia

People wade through flood water with their belongings in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia, on December 12, 2024. Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Monday. Two people are still missing. Torrential rains since last week have caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through more than 170 villages in Sukabumi district of West Java province, as mud, rocks and trees tumbled down mountainside hamlets, said Lt. Col. Yudi Hariyanto, who heads a rescue command post in Sukabum. Photo by Saddam/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Landslides And Flash Floods Hit Java - Indonesia

People ride a rubber boat in flood water in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia, on December 12, 2024. Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies that were swept away in flash floods or buried under tons of mud and rocks that hit hilly villages on the country’s main island of Java, officials said Monday. Two people are still missing. Torrential rains since last week have caused rivers to burst their banks, tearing through more than 170 villages in Sukabumi district of West Java province, as mud, rocks and trees tumbled down mountainside hamlets, said Lt. Col. Yudi Hariyanto, who heads a rescue command post in Sukabum. Photo by Saddam/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Disastrous Rainstorms Drench Provinces Across China

- A bulldozer cleans the mud on a road in Heishanke Township, Huludao City of northeast China's Liaoning Province, August 21, 2024. Heavy rains have lashed the city of Huludao in Liaoning in recent days, trapping some rural residents. In the hardest-hit Heishanke township, the heavy rain has caused a number of road interrupted and bridges collapsed. A joint emergency rescue team carrying relief materials has been dispatched by authorities to rescue trapped people. Photo by Xinhua/Yang Qing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Disastrous Rainstorms Drench Provinces Across China

- A man cleans mud on a road in Heishanke Township, Huludao City of northeast China's Liaoning Province, August 21, 2024. Heavy rains have lashed the city of Huludao in Liaoning in recent days, trapping some rural residents. In the hardest-hit Heishanke township, the heavy rain has caused a number of road interrupted and bridges collapsed. A joint emergency rescue team carrying relief materials has been dispatched by authorities to rescue trapped people. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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Disastrous Rainstorms Drench Provinces Across China

- A drone photo taken on August 21, 2024 shows rescue vehicles cleaning mud on a road in Heishanke Township, Huludao City of northeast China's Liaoning Province. Heavy rains have lashed the city of Huludao in Liaoning in recent days, trapping some rural residents. In the hardest-hit Heishanke township, the heavy rain has caused a number of road interrupted and bridges collapsed. A joint emergency rescue team carrying relief materials has been dispatched by authorities to rescue trapped people. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-BAOJI-TORRENTIAL RAINS-RESCUE EFFORTS (CN)

(240720) -- BAOJI, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Volunteers clear mud and debris on a road in Baoji City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2024. Five people have been confirmed dead and eight others are still missing after torrential rains hit the city of Baoji since Tuesday, local authorities said Friday. Heavy downpours lashed Baoji between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday, with its main urban areas experiencing a record-high daily precipitation since meteorological records began. The heavy rainfall has caused mountain torrents and damaged roads. A total of 7,848 people have been relocated. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Bowen)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-BAOJI-TORRENTIAL RAINS-RESCUE EFFORTS (CN)

(240720) -- BAOJI, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Rescuers remove mud on a road in Baoji City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 19, 2024. Five people have been confirmed dead and eight others are still missing after torrential rains hit the city of Baoji since Tuesday, local authorities said Friday. Heavy downpours lashed Baoji between 7 a.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Wednesday, with its main urban areas experiencing a record-high daily precipitation since meteorological records began. The heavy rainfall has caused mountain torrents and damaged roads. A total of 7,848 people have been relocated. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhang Bowen)

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Trapped foal saved by herder in China's Inner Mongolia

STORY: Trapped foal saved by herder in China's Inner Mongolia SHOOTING TIME: June 11, 2024 DATELINE: June 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:16 LOCATION: XILIN GOL LEAGUE, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue STORYLINE: A foal trapped in a mud pool on the grassland was found and saved by a herder in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xilin Gol League, China. (XHTV)

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Philippine landslide leaves 7 dead, 48 missing

STORY: Philippine landslide leaves 7 dead, 48 missing SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: DAVAO DE ORO, the Philippines CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue operations (video courtesy of Ruwel Peter Gonzaga) 2. phone footage of the landslide site (video courtesy of Boyric Elesio VlogH) 3. aerial footages of the landslide site in Davao de Oro province in the southern Philippines (video courtesy of Weng Morente) STORYLINE: Rescuers in the Philippines have recovered the bodies of seven buried under mud and rocks from a landslide that crashed into villages in Davao de Oro province in the southern Philippines on Tuesday night. The Davao de Oro provincial government said that seven bodies and more than 30 injured survivors have been found. It added that 48 more are still missing. The landslide occurred around 7:50 p.m. local time (1150 GMT) Tuesday near a mining site in Maco, a coastal mining town in Davao de Oro province. Xinhua News Agency correspo

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BRAZIL-RIO GRANDE DO SUL-FLOOD-AFTERMATH

(230910) -- RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Rescue workers clear mud and debris in a school at the city of Mucum, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua)

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Two dead, 16 missing in NW China mud slide

STORY: Two dead, 16 missing in NW China mud slide DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:39 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of mud slide in suburbs of Xi'an STORYLINE: Two people are confirmed dead and 16 others are missing after torrential rains caused a rock and mud slide in the suburbs of Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Friday evening, local authorities said. The accident happened at around 6 p.m. in a village of Luanzhen Township on the outskirts of Chang'an District, according to sources with the municipal emergency management authorities in Xi'an. They said the rock and mud slide damaged two residential houses as well as roads, bridges and power supply facilities. Rescuers have so far saved four people who were trapped, and rescue work is continuing. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xi'an, China. (XHTV)

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Heavy rain in Saga

Rescue workers remove mud from a house hit by a mudslide in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 10, 2023, following heavy rain.

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Death toll from heavy rain reaches 24

ASO, Japan - A rescue dog searches for missing people in mud-covered fields in Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 15, 2012. The death toll caused by torrential rain in northern parts of the Kyushu region has reached 24, local authorities said the same day.

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Rescue workers search for people missing in fatal mudslide

HOFU, Japan - Rescue workers from the local police search for four people still missing inside a nursing home for the elderly in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on July 22, after a mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit the facility a day before, burying the first floor under mud. Three people died in the disaster.

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Rescue workers search for people missing in fatal mudslide

HOFU, Japan - Rescue workers from the local police, firefighters and the Self-Defense forces dig in the mud in search of four people still missing at a nursing home for the elderly in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan on July 22, after a mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit the facility a day before. Three people died in the disaster.

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Typhoon Nabi causes damage

SHIIBA, Japan - Rescue work continues at Shiiba village in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept 7, where houses were crushed by a slide of rocks and mud triggered by Typhoon Nabi.

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1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China

STORY: 1 dead, 8 injured after bullet train derails in SW China DATELINE: June 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue operation STORYLINE: A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Two carriages of the train D2809 from Guiyang to Guangzhou came off the tracks that were hit by mud and rockslide as the train was about to arrive at the Rongjiang station, the company said. The injured people include one train attendant and seven passengers. They have been receiving treatment at local hospitals. A total of 136 other passengers have been evacuated, the company said. The investigation of the accident is under way. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guizhou, China. (XHTV)

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BRAZIL-HEAVY RAINS-DEATH TOLL

(220603) -- CAMARAGIBE, June 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescue worker removes mud at a landslide site after heavy rains in Camaragibe, Pernambuco, Brazil, June 2, 2022. The death toll from heavy rains last week in the Brazilian city of Recife and its metropolitan area has risen to 126, with two people still missing, the government of the northeastern state of Pernambuco said Thursday. (Photo by Lucio Tavora/Xinhua)

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Tropical storm Megi leaves 24 dead in Philippines

STORY: Tropical storm Megi leaves 24 dead in Philippines DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:07 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of flooded sites in Leyte STORYLINE: A tropical storm triggered floods and landslides in the Philippines over the weekend, leaving at least 24 dead and several others missing, officials said on Monday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) reported three dead and at least one missing in the southern Philippines. The council is verifying deaths reported in the central Philippines. The emergency response unit of Baybay City in the central Leyte province said rescuers have dug up at least 21 bodies from 10 villages buried in massive mudslides. A spokesman for the rescue team told Xinhua on condition of anonymity that the retrieval operation is ongoing, adding that more people were believed still buried under the mud. Landslide survivors were recuperating in a city hospital. A government disaster agency said Trop

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CHINA-GUANGXI-PLANE CRASH-RESCUE (CN)

(220325) -- TENGXIAN, March 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A rescuer pulls out a shoe stuck in the mud at the core site of the plane crash in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, March 25, 2022. The core site of the recent plane crash in south China will be excavated as all-out efforts are made to continue searching for survivors and the second black box, officials said at a news briefing on Friday. The China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft carrying 132 people crashed on the afternoon of March 21 in a mountainous area of Guangxi's Tengxian County. No survivors have been found so far. One black box has already been recovered. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)

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List of missing people in Atami mudslide narrowed to 24 from 64

The list of those considered missing following a large mudslide in central Japan was dramatically cut Tuesday from an earlier reported 64 to 24 by local authorities as rescue efforts approached the end of the crucial first three days. The municipal government of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture had been trying to locate 64 people registered as residents in the affected area but said the whereabouts of 41 people have been confirmed while another person has been added to the list. The list may have included those were no longer living at their registered addresses when the mudslide occurred Saturday, destroying at least 130 houses. The death toll currently stands at 4. Firefighters, police and Self-Defense Forces personnel meanwhile continued to remove debris and search mud-swamped houses in the hot spring resort town southwest of Tokyo as the clock ticked down to the end of the first 72 hours, when most survivors of such disasters are found.

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Go to the Disaster Area: Niigata Earthquake, Second Report

The city is caved in and covered in mud after the Niigata earthquake. The government launches a full-scale rescue operation. <Caption> The entire city is on fire after the Niigata earthquake, people fleeing, firefighting, cracks in the ground, railroad tracks suspended in midair, the collapsed Hakusan station, victims washing their clothes in muddy water because there is no water, boats washed ashore, etc. Self-Defense Forces rescue activities, relief supplies being sent from all over, Minister of Finance Kakuei Tanaka arriving by helicopter, Self-Defense Forces repairing collapsed buildings and broken levees, etc. a train departs from a temporary platform four days later, shooting date unknown, release date: June 26, 1964.

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Typhoon Nabi causes damage

SHIIBA, Japan - Rescue work continues at Shiiba village in Miyazaki Prefecture on Sept 7, where houses were crushed by a slide of rocks and mud triggered by Typhoon Nabi. (Kyodo)

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Rescue efforts continue in disaster-hit southwestern Japan

Volunteers remove mud from the underfloor of a house on July 11, 2017, in the city of Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, following torrential rain in the southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue efforts continue in disaster-hit southwestern Japan

Volunteers remove mud from the underfloor of a house on July 11, 2017, in the city of Asakura, Fukuoka Prefecture, following torrential rain in the southwestern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo