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by Christen Mccurdy Washington DC (UPI) Feb 13, 2021
The U.S. Coast Guard is search for 16 people missing off the coast of Florida. One boat capsized and one went missing this week, officials said. On Friday a man was rescued by a good Samaritan 23 miles off the coast of Fort Pierce, USCG Southeast said in a Friday press release. The Coast Guard took the man, a Jamaican national, to the hospital. The man told the Coast Guard his boat had departed from Bimini, Bahamas, and had capsized two days before. Six others who were traveling on the boat remain missing. A second boat, described as a "six-foot makeshift vessel" carrying 10 people who departed Havana, Cuba, Friday, has also gone missing, according to the Coast Guard.
Anger as hopes fade for Indian workers after glacier disaster Tapovan, India (AFP) Feb 10, 2021 Dozens of angry and desperate relatives of about 30 people trapped in a tunnel since a glacier disaster in India jostled with police on Wednesday as hopes faded that they would be found alive. More than 170 people were still missing after a barrage of water and debris hurtled with terrifying speed and power down a valley on Sunday morning, sweeping away bridges and roads and hitting two hydroelectric plants. Thirty-two bodies have been found so far, officials said on Wednesday. It may take days ... read more
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