Rescue

Around 80 percent of people who contract COVID-19 lose their sense of smell for several weeks afterward.

Carolyn Palisch, a 63-year-old former nurse, sprinted to her neighbor's house early on New Year's Day after she saw smoke coming from the property in Avondale.

After dangling upside down for an hour, the unidentified man was finally rescued by the Sacramento Fire Department and managed to escape unscathed.

The woman was seen dodging ocean debris and sea foam to save the floating barrels caught up in flooding at the Currumbin Beach surf club in Queensland, Australia.

Upon hearing screams, Sean Campbell dropped his packages and ran to the scene of the inferno on Friday.

Officer Carson Howard ran into a residence that was engulged in flames "without regard for his own safety," the Conway Police Department said.

Elif Perincek was pulled from the wreckage of her family's apartment in the city of Izmir this morning where she had been trapped for a gruelling 65 hours.

The four crew members on duty in Butte County were treated for injuries to their legs as well as heat exhaustion.

Search and rescue was sent out to a trail near Bridal Veil Falls in Colorado, where they brought a group of walkers to safety.

The residents of the three-storey building in Bhiwandi had been told to vacate the property as it was in a dangerous condition.

Firefighters continue to battle 28 major fires acros the state, with the Creek, Bobcat, Slater and Willow fires reported to be zero percent contained.

Over 14,100 firefighters were reported to be battling 24 large wildfires across California, as of Monday evening.

One person has died due to a medical issue amid the ongoing fire but there may be more casualties, the Fresno Fire Department warned.

She was a half-mile away from shore.

Two cousins were found by fishermen off the coast of Ireland after a paddleboarding adventure turned into the "stuff of nightmares."

Andrew Grande rescued his 4-year-old daughter from a 500-pound alligator in Galveston County.

Philadelphia auto mechanic Tyree Ward is named a "true American hero" after rescuing a drowning woman at a beach in New Jersey on Monday night.

The Hurt family spotted the exhausted bear swimming on Marshmiller Lake during a fishing trip around sunset.

More than 600 animals were removed from a home during a rescue operation in the Buchanan community.

Astoria police officer praised for his "selfless act of bravery" on Friday, when he entered a house on fire to save a baby

Bear is a 5-year-old rescue dog who has been trained to sniff out koalas as part of the ''Detection Dogs for Conservation" team at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

"Due to the quick thinking of the police officers by closing the bedroom door, firefighters were able to contain the fire to the bedroom and extinguish the flames," said Snohomish County Fire District 7.

The search for Maeve Kennedy McKean and her son Gideon has turned from a rescue to recovery on Friday, as her husband and other Kennedy family members remember the missing pair.

Palm Beach County Fire Rescue confirmed that one patient had been transported to a local hospital after their vehicle plunged into a canal close to Military Trail and Camino Real in Boca Raton.

After rescuing the man, police then determined that the car had been stolen and was using fake license plates, prompting the thief's arrest.

Pigeons wearing tiny cowboy hats have been spotted in Vegas, an accessory that can lead to all kind of health problems from respiratory issues to infection.

The 16-year-old was climbing Mount Hood with a group of people when he fell and injured his leg, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said.

We realized this was a time sensitive case, and that we needed to help this child get to a higher level of medical care as soon as possible," Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos A. Garay explained.

The lion was rescued by authorities after a petition was filed to the Lagos State Ministry of Environment in Nigeria.

Kris, a cheetah cub, and Remus, her companion dog, are residents of Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden in Ohio. The pair first met in September and have since become close.