21.   Weaving between submerged trees and power lines, rescuers on speedboats rushed to pluck people from the water, the official newspaper Beijing Youth Daily said.

22.   Helicopters and rubber boats were still being used to rescue people from the area, in some cases plucking people off the rooftops of their houses.

23.   Helicopters and rubber boats were still being used to rescue people from the area, in some cases, plucking people off the rooftops of their homes.

24.   Helicopter rescue crews plucked people from rooftops on Friday after a levee, weakened by torrential rains in the US Northwest and Canada, burst in central California.

25.   They said five people had been plucked alive from marshes where the plane fell, but rescue services were having great difficulty reaching the scene.

26.   Twelve people were plucked alive from the marsh where the plane crashed, but an unspecified number of them subsequently died of serious burns, rescue workers said.

27.   Twelve people were plucked alive from the marsh where the plane crashed, but an unspecified number of them subsequently died of serious burns.

28.   Two people were plucked from the sea after their boat capsized Sunday off Avonmouth in southwest England, but another two were still missing, Coast Guard officials said.

29.   The official did not say whether there were any casualties but added that several people had been plucked from the sea by rescuers.