More than 30 U.S. ski racers escaped a fire that gutted their hotel in Chile days before a major international competition, losing gear, passports, wallets, and medications in the chaos. The fire tore through Hotel Alto Nevados on September 6, forcing a mass evacuation that left the building a smouldering shell and wiped out nearly […] The post American ski racers flee Chile hotel blaze with only the clothes on their backs appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 30 U.S. ski racers escaped a fire that gutted their hotel in Chile days before a major international competition, losing gear, passports, wallets, and medications in the chaos. The fire tore through Hotel Alto Nevados on September 6, forcing a mass evacuation that left the building a smouldering shell and wiped out nearly everything the athletes had brought for the opening event of the FIS Masters Alpine Skiing World Cup. Chile's local fire service received the alert at around 5 p.m. on Sunday and deployed more than a dozen vehicles to the scene, The Sun reported . No deaths or serious injuries were reported. But the material toll was severe. The racers had been preparing for the World Cup curtain-raiser, scheduled for…Open
The U.S. Army has named the two soldiers killed when an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went down during a maintenance test flight near Salado, Texas, a crash so severe it sparked a 155-acre grass fire and forced evacuations. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey, 34, of Killeen, Texas, and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead, […] The post Army identifies two Fort Hood soldiers killed in Apache helicopter crash near Salado, Texas appeared first on American Almanac .
The U.S. Army has named the two soldiers killed when an AH-64 Apache attack helicopter went down during a maintenance test flight near Salado, Texas, a crash so severe it sparked a 155-acre grass fire and forced evacuations. Chief Warrant Officer 2 Deontre T. Huey, 34, of Killeen, Texas, and Warrant Officer Seth L. Olmstead, 25, of Belton, Texas, died Wednesday afternoon when their twin-engine Apache crashed into a field south of Salado, roughly 50 miles north of Austin. The Army released their names Friday in a statement that offered few details about what went wrong, saying only that the helicopter "experienced a mishap" during the flight. The crash remains under investigation. Both men were pilots assigned to Bravo Company, 1st…Open
The person was transported from the U.S. McMurdo Station for emergency medical treatment on July 31, in an operation carried out under "dangerous" winter conditions.
Typhoon Dolphin barreled over Japan's southern islands on Friday, closing Okinawa's main airport and driving 240 people into evacuation shelters, while residents on the mainland scrambled to protect homes already damaged by last week's earthquake. Naha Airport, the primary air hub on Okinawa Island, shut down Friday as the storm moved through, and authorities canceled […] The post Typhoon Dolphin shuts down Okinawa's main airport, forces hundreds into shelters appeared first on American Almanac .
Typhoon Dolphin barreled over Japan's southern islands on Friday, closing Okinawa's main airport and driving 240 people into evacuation shelters, while residents on the mainland scrambled to protect homes already damaged by last week's earthquake. Naha Airport, the primary air hub on Okinawa Island, shut down Friday as the storm moved through, and authorities canceled every domestic and international flight in and out of the facility. The Japan Meteorological Agency placed the typhoon just north of Okinawa's main island by Friday afternoon, packing maximum sustained winds of 89 miles per hour, strong enough to ground all air traffic and send residents indoors, NBC News reported . Three men in their 70s sustained minor injuries. Okinawa…Open
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