31.   A navy spokesman, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said four people who had been in the water overnight were rescued by helicopter on Friday.

32.   A state government helicopter rescued three people marooned in a village.

33.   After braving icy winds and pounding waves for six hours, Finnish helicopters rescued Ojassaar and two others in the raft.

34.   Also Wednesday, a search helicopter rescued a Japanese scientist and three Filipino guides trapped on a mountain by landslides unleashed by the earthquake.

35.   Also Sunday, a Japanese navy helicopter rescued an American and a New Zealand man after their yacht broke up in rough seas off western Japan.

36.   An Australian navy helicopter rescued Autissier after she was stranded in the disabled boat for four days.

37.   Another helicopter rescued the stranded crew, it said.

38.   Army helicopters rescued some flood victims clinging to rooftops.

39.   Army helicopters rescued some flood victims clinging to rooftops in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa.

40.   As flood waters rose, Simao and her six children were rescued by helicopters.