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- The Guardian
Journalist missing in Norway survived six nights in wilderness with leg injury
Rescuers in Norway have found the award-winning environmental journalist Alec Luhn alive after he went missing in the remote Folgefonna national park and survived nearly a week alone in the wilderness with a serious leg injury. Luhn, a US-born reporter who has worked for the New York Times and the Atlantic and was a regular Russia correspondent for the Guardian from 2013 to 2017, was reported missing on Monday after he failed to catch a flight to the UK from Bergen. Luhn, 38, had been holidaying with his sister in Norway and set out on a four-day hike alone on 31 July from the outdoor centre of Ullensvang, on the northern edge of the park, a 550 sq km wilderness in the west of Norway that is home to one of the country's biggest glaciers. At a press briefing from Haukeland hospital in Bergen, the head of the air ambulance service and trauma centre, Geir Arne Sunde, said Luhn had hurt himself on the evening he set out. 'He is seriously injured, but not critically injured,' he said. Rescue teams found Luhn at 11.34am local time on Wednesday, the Norwegian Red Cross said. 'He has managed in the mountain in very bad weather for five days, without much food or drink,' Sunde said. 'He has been very lucky.' 'I can't remember us finding someone alive after so many days,' said Stig Hope, head of the operations leadership team at Folgefonna and a Red Cross volunteer. 'The search doesn't always end like this – but today, it did. It's a huge relief for everyone who's been part of the effort.' A volunteer search and rescue team from the Red Cross, police, dogs, specialised climbing teams and drones were all involved in looking for him. The operation had to be suspended late on Monday night and then again on Tuesday owing to rapidly deteriorating weather conditions, including heavy rainfall. Sunde said Luhn had heard the helicopters searching for him for several days before one of them finally spotted him. Luhn's sister Drew Gaddis confirmed in a social media post that he had been found 'in overall good health' and was being transported to Bergen by helicopter. She thanked the Norwegian police, the teams of staff and volunteers involved and the thousands of people who had helped share news of the search. 'We can breathe again!' she said. Veronika Silchenko, Luhn's wife, told the Verden Gans newspaper: 'We are very, very happy. Many thanks to everyone in Norway who has helped find him.' Among numerous awards, Luhn has two Emmy nominations. He was based for many years in Moscow, then Istanbul, and now lives in the UK where he specialises in climate journalism and is a Pulitzer Center Ocean Reporting Network fellow. Folgefonna, the third largest icecap in Norway, is on a peninsula famed for its fjords, mountains, rivers, lakes and icefalls. It has been a centre for wilderness adventure since the 19th century. Parts are desolate and can be treacherous, especially in poor weather.
Sky News
2 hours ago
- Sky News
One dead as 'hellish' wildfire burns across area the size of Paris in southern France
One person has died as France's biggest wildfire this summer sweeps through a southern region, forcing tourists and residents to flee. Officials called the scenes "hellish" after the blaze broke out in Ribaute in the region of Aude, close to the border with Spain. The victim died in their home in the village of Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse, about 20 miles north of the city of Perpignan, officials said. Thirteen people have been injured, including 11 firefighters, since the wildfire started on Tuesday, authorities added. One person who was initially feared missing has been located and is safe. The French interior ministry said the fire remains "very active" and has already burned across 13,000 hectares (79,000 acres) - an area larger than Paris. At least 25 houses have been burnt down, while many roads have been closed. The blaze was said to be spreading rapidly through forests and villages, forcing residents and tourists to flee. About 2,000 firefighters and several water-bomber aircraft were tackling the blaze. The hot, dry and windy conditions have been making it difficult for firefighters to contain the blaze, officials added. Jacques Piraux, mayor of Jonquieres village, told broadcaster BFM TV: "It's a scene of sadness and desolation. "It looks like a lunar landscape, everything is burned. "More than half or three-quarters of the village has burned down. It's hellish." Dutch national Renate Koot, who was on holiday in Saint-Laurent-de-la-Cabrerisse with her partner, said: "One moment we were on the phone with our children ... thinking, 'look, a fire'. "The next, we had to jump in the car and leave, while praying for protection. "We didn't take anything with us and just left. We're okay, miraculously." Residents and tourists were advised to remain indoors unless told to evacuate by firefighters. Two campsites have been evacuated as a precaution. Drought conditions in Aude - which is a major wine-producing region - had forced officials to introduce restrictions on the use of water, the environment ministry said. The lack of rainfall in recent months had "played a major role in the spreading of the fire, since the vegetation is very dry," it added. Last month, a wildfire that reached the southern port of Marseille, France's second-largest city, left around 300 people injured. There have also been major wildfires in other parts of the Mediterranean and southern Europe in recent weeks, including in Spain, Crete, Greece and Turkey. Europe is the world's fastest-warming continent, with temperatures increasing at twice the speed of the global average since the 1980s, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Scientists warn that climate change
BBC News
4 hours ago
- BBC News
Bridlington RNLI warns paddleboarders after two swept out to sea
Lifeguards have issued safety advice to water sports enthusiasts after rescue crews responded to reports of two paddleboarders swept out to RNLI said the paddleboarders had been blown away from the beach at Barmston in East Yorkshire on pair tied their boards together to stay safe in the choppy water and attempted to paddle back to shore, but one of their oars had broken. Emergency crews responded shortly before 14:00 BST and brought them back to shore in under an hour. Volunteer Sarah Berrey said: "Thankfully, on this occasion no harm came to both paddleboarders, who despite having correctly tethered themselves together, had the misfortune of an oar breaking and made progress almost impossible."The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has urged paddleboarders to always check the weather and tide conditions before heading out to charity also advised staying with your board and calling 999 for the coastguard in an emergency. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Download the BBC News app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad or Google Play for Android devices
