Here’s the latest for Monday, September 9th: President Trump says talks with the Taliban are ‘dead’; UK’s House of Commons Speaker to step down; U.S. Coast Guard worked to rescue missing cargo crew members; Shiite Muslims mark holy day of Ashoura.
The U.S. Coast Guard is preparing boats and helicopters for any rescue operations that may be needed after Hurricane Dorian makes its way along the South Carolina coast. (Sept. 4)
Aerial U.S. Coast Guard footage shows smoke pouring from a dive boat that caught fire off the Southern California coast early Monday, killing 34 people who were below deck. (Sept. 3)
At least five people were killed when Hurricane Dorian hit the Bahamas on Monday. The storm hit the Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands as a Category 5. Storm surges rose 12 to 18 feet above water levels, and winds blew at 185 miles per hour.
The full extent of the damage won’t be known for several days. The U.S. Coast Guard was deployed to the Bahamas on Monday to help with rescue efforts. The storm is expected to move towards Florida on Tuesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard released video of a helicopter crew rescuing a 77-year-old man and a dog from a home after floodwaters from Tropical Storm Barry inundated southern Louisiana. (July 14)
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has rescued a number of people stranded in their homes in Louisiana because of life-threatening storm conditions. (July 13)
The U.S. Coast Guard raided a submarine speeding through the eastern Pacific Ocean moving more than 17,000 pounds of cocaine — and released a video Thursday to prove it.
On June 18, a Coast Guard surveillance aircraft tracked the drug-filled narco-sub hundreds of miles off the Colombian and Ecuadoran coastline watched by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro.
The video shows a member of the Coast Guard riding on top of the speeding sub, pounding on the hatch and demanded it come to a stop. Then, three other guardsmen jumped ship and boarded the 40-foot sub while one pounded on the hatch with his fist.
The video ends with a presumed trafficker emerging from the narco-sub, putting his hands up in surrender. Five alleged smugglers were seized aboard the vessel, and were handed over for prosecution by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
The U.S. Coast Guard says a cutter interdicted a submarine suspected of smuggling drugs in the Pacific Ocean. A video shows Coast Guard officers boarding the submarine and ordering those inside to open the hatch. (June 18)
The U.S. Coast Guard says a World War II-era shipwreck off Long Island is leaking oil through two pinpoint leaks. It is conducting an assessment of the remaining oil aboard the British tanker Coimbra, which was sank by a Nazi U-boat in 1942. (May 17)
The U.S. Coast Guard says dozens of passengers have been rescued from a Canadian whale-watching boat from British Columbia off the coast of Washington state. The boat’s captain had grounded it after it started taking on water. (May 10)
(10 Jan 2019) A commercial crabbing boat capsized in rough waters off the Oregon coast, killing the three men aboard. The U.S. Coast Guard said the vessel, the Mary B. II, overturned about 10 p.m. Tuesday as it crossed Yaquina Bay bar in Newport, Oregon. (Jan. 10)
(17 Dec 2018) The U.S. Coast Guard reports that three suspected drug smugglers were apprehended after a ten hour pursuit northeast of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on December 11th and more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine were seized. (Dec. 17)
(16 Sep 2018) Here are the top stories for Sunday, September 16th: U.S. Coast Guard members rescue flood victims; U.S. Border Patrol supervisor charged in killing four women; Typhoon barrels into southern China; Jane Austen fans gather in Bath, England.
(23 Jul 2018) The U.S. Coast Guard says the National Transportation Safety Board will take custody of a duck boat that capsized in severe weather in Missouri last week, killing 17 people. The boat was raised from Table Rock Lake Monday morning. (July 23)
U.S. Coast Guard video shows widespread flooding on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, where heavy storms brought more than two feet of rain over the weekend. Rescue operations continued Monday. (April 16)
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President Donald Trump welcomed members of the U.S. Coast Guard to one of his Florida golf courses Friday. The Coast Guard members were invited to Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach to play and have lunch. (Dec. 29)
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The U.S. Coast Guard says it rescued a sea turtle in the Pacific Ocean that had become tangled in floating bales of cocaine worth more than $53 million. (Dec. 20)
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