A horseback rider had to be rescued from the mountains of Utah after the horse he was riding fell on him, officials said. The rider had fallen off the horse, and the horse then fell on top of him, a spokesperson for the Summit County Sheriff's Office told McClatchy News in an email.

A beachgoer enjoying a Florida sunrise stumbled upon a “giant” sea creature hidden among rocks, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. It was identified as a loggerhead sea turtle, an endangered species that can exceed 400 pounds.

Cole Henderson, 27, was last heard from on July 9, when he told friends he was putting his phone into airplane mode ahead of a mountain hike in Spain.

Rescuers ferried more than 100 people to safety this week, along with their farm animals and pets, after floodwaters caused by heavy rain engulfed villages in a sparsely-populated part of eastern Russia.

Earlier this month, after a series of powerful weather systems passed through Southwest Florida, a homeowner discovered that a large palm frond from a tree out front had come crashing down onto their lawn.

Rescuers are working to free passengers after a bus came off the road near Minehead, Somerset, police have said. Emergency services are responding to a collision on the A396 Cutcombe Hill, between Wheddon Cross and Timbercombe, according to Avon and Somerset Police.

Animal rescuers were summoned to a fish and chip shop in London to wrangle a loose "python" that turned out to be a local person's escaped pet corn snake.

Videos posted online claimed Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha said he would take the action because the rescue team saved his family.