All posts tagged "Fatalities"

A new report on Wednesday revealed that more American service members were left with serious injuries — including brain trauma, burns, shrapnel wounds and at least one person requiring a limb amputation — than the Trump administration initially reported following a targeted Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that left six troops dead.

Multiple sources told CBS News about the "grim and chaotic scene" following the strikes at a tactical operations center at Shuaiba port on March 1 that has now left more than 30 American military members hospitalized with injuries.

"Smoke quickly filled the building, making it difficult to rescue those inside," according to CBS News....

Authorities on Wednesday confirmed that eight skiers who went missing following an avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada mountains were found dead; one other remained missing.

The skiers, who were between 30 and 55 years of age, were confirmed dead as rescuers struggled to search due to weather conditions near Truckee, California, Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon said during a news conference.

"Due to the ongoing challenges of the weather, the avalanche conditions, the effort remains ongoing as well as our search for the remaining skier, but the weather is a factor," Moon said. ...