Rescue workers used heavy equipment on Friday and through the night into Saturday to try to cut through the rubble, while rescue dogs searched for survivors.
They braved heavy gunfire while attempting to rescue the wounded officers, with Sergeant Baitinger making the supreme sacrifice.
It is thought some of those affected may have been involved in helping farmers to rescue livestock after heavy snow last month.
The heavy rain and hail hampered rescue efforts in Oklahoma City.
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Fire crews were called to flooding incidents and to rescue a motorist after heavy rain overnight.
In addition, heavy rainfall has hindered search and rescue efforts.
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The roads in the city of Yingjing, on the way to Lushan from Chengdu, were packed with heavy equipment brought in by military and rescue workers, but police were restricting much of the travel.
Rescue and recovery teams have been using heavy machinery to move rubble from the site of the blast.
The quakes set off landslides, which -- along with heavy rains -- were blocking roads and hampering rescue efforts, Pandey said.
Iain Anderson, the commission's supervisor in Scotland, was guided to the crash site last year by David "Heavy" Whalley, a former RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue team leader.
Rescue co-ordinators said that work with heavy-lifting gear would be done carefully to avoid further collapses and to protect bodies trapped under the debris as much as possible.
The rescue took place in darkness, bad weather and heavy seas, in the Atlantic Ocean, 300 miles north west of Spain, in June 2010.
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Mountain rescue teams are preparing to assist other emergency services as heavy snow hits the North East.
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He said the recent rescue of a surfer off Salcombe in strong winds and a heavy swell, showed how much was expected from the volunteer crews.
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Mr Gerrard, the master of the fishing smack 'Busy', was killed at Burton Bradstock while attempting to rescue the crew of fishing boats being driven ashore in a heavy gale.
This may eventually lead to a merger of Ifil with Fiat, opening the door to an outside investor being brought in to rescue the Fiat Auto division, which is labouring under a heavy dependence on the Italian market, a lack of scale and earlier diversification into difficult emerging markets such as Brazil.
Now that Spain looks to be in need of a full scale bailout - which to be credible would have to involve around 500bn euros of emergency loans (see my post Spain moves nearer to full-scale rescue) - the underwriting burden for Germany is looking very heavy.
But this rescue package will deliver only a modest reduction in the back-achingly heavy burden of Greek indebtedness.
Rescue crews were using manual jacks, saws and other light equipment fearing heavy equipment could further collapse the tunnel, said Daisy Primayanti, vice president of corporate communications.
"If the beacon is operating... that's a good sign as a heavy landing can tend to prevent the beacon working, " Steve Rendle from the Rescue Co-ordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ), told Radio New Zealand.
The 24-year-old Royal Army Medical Corps medic was awarded his medal in March for his actions in Helmand, which saw him rescue a soldier who had been seriously injured in a Taliban ambush while under heavy fire.
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Heavy rains are affecting other parts of northern South Africa - and the air force has been used to rescue people affected by the flooding in remote settlements, some of which are cut off from the outside world.
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