18 people rescued from ice floe on Lake Erie
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The Coast Guard said Sunday it helped rescue 18 people from an ice floe that broke away from land near Catawba Island on Lake Erie in Ohio. The Coast Guard rescued 11 of the people, while a "Good Samaritan" who had an airboat rescued the remaining seven, the Coast Guard said.
None of the people rescued required medical attention, the Coast Guard said.
The Coast Guard said rescue efforts began around 1 p.m., when a helicopter from Air Station Detroit noticed the people with ATVs trapped on an ice floe and looking for a route back to land. The helicopter lowered a rescue swimmer and began hoisting operations while an airboat from Station Marblehead was brought in for assistance.
Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.