Some of the drivers had been without food or water for 24 hours.

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Luton Crown Court heard Joan Cook, who suffers dementia, spent 14 hours trapped on the bus in a depot without food or water.

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Aid has been slow to reach survivors since the first tremor on 12 January, leaving hundreds of thousands of people still without food or water.

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Los Angeles (CNN) -- A San Diego college student filed a legal claim Wednesday for damages suffered when he was left handcuffed and without food or water in a Drug Enforcement Administration holding cell for five days last month.

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But amid all the misery, rescuers continue to have their efforts rewarded -- a woman and her one-year-old baby were pulled almost unscathed from the rubble of a collapsed building, as was a young man who'd spent a-hundred-and-three hours without food or water.

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There are long days without any food or water, followed by multiple days of clear liquids only.

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Thousands of residents who were unable or unwilling to leave the city were stranded without food or drinkable water for days.

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Mr. ANGEL ALOMA (Executive Director, Food for the Poor): We heard reports that there were - had been people sitting on the rooftops for 36 hours without any food or any water.

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There are high-rise apartment buildings with sick or elderly residents trapped in their freezing homes without enough food, water or medication who are unable to walk up and down several or dozens of flights of stairs to get what they need.

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The death of a woman who was left at home without medication, food, or water for nine days is being investigated by police.

BBC: Death of Surrey pensioner left without food investigated

Robson will be out there on the first tee, without breaks for food, water or the call of nature, from 0630 to 1606.

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Someone must be held to account over the death of a woman left without carers, medication, food or water for nine days, a friend has said.

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Humans can last for a week or more without food but die within days without water.

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It encourages sales of merchandise like food, generators and water as customers plan for days without power or access to groceries.

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