51.   Some families were stranded on knolls surrounded by mud and were waiting for a helicopter to rescue them.

52.   The divers, who were rescued by helicopter after drifting for four hours, were not hurt, he said.

53.   The eight surviving climbers were rescued by helicopter on Monday, he said.

54.   The last racer to be dismasted, Isabelle Austisser of France, had to be rescued by helicopter from her sinking yacht in the Indian Ocean.

55.   The pair were rescued by helicopter on Wednesday.

56.   The pilot and crew ejected and were rescued by helicopter.

57.   The remaining fishermen were then rescued by helicopter as well.

58.   The seven crewmen were rescued by helicopter.

59.   Three people surrounded by landslides also were rescued by helicopter from the town of Chelsea, in the hilly northern parish of St. Mary, Newsome said.

60.   They were later rescued by helicopters.