BRKG; Up to 200 people, including women and children, adrift on ice floe on Latvian shore !! The evacuation is over!! Al people rescued!!

Indicates that families was there..not fisherman man usually.

A massive rescue operation is underway in the Gulf of Riga, with helicopters and Navy ships involved. Bad weather conditions and high waves are hampering rescue efforts.


There are some 200 people on an ice floe near Vakarbulli beach and another 39 on one near Majori beach. Initial reports suggested that there were over 500 people on both ice floes.

Latvian sources reported that the rescue operation is nearing completion, with some 200 people saved.

One of the ice floes was washed as far as 4 kilometers away from shore. At one point it could not be reached by rescue boats, so the operation was continued by helicopter.

Ice fishing is dangerous when done next to the ocean.

glad they are getting them off the ice!

Yes it is.
Now the other people that still out there on the ice.

Over 200 people, including women and children, have drifted away from the shores of Latvia on two large ice floes, the country’s emergency service has reported.

A massive rescue operation is underway in the Gulf of Riga, with helicopters and Navy ships involved. Bad weather conditions and high waves are hampering rescue efforts.


There are some 200 people on an ice floe near Vakarbulli beach and another 39 on one near Majori beach. Initial reports suggested that there were over 500 people on both ice floes.

Latvian sources reported that the rescue operation is nearing completion, with some 200 people saved.

Helicopters, Navy ships rescue hundreds from ice floes in Latvia.

The massive rescue operation in the Gulf of Riga involved helicopters and Navy ships. Bad weather conditions and high waves hampered rescue efforts at times, but the operation was completed successfully.


“219 people have been rescued from the two ice floes. The evacuation is over,” Latvian emergency officials told RIA Novosti.

There were 180 people on an ice floe near Vakarbulli beach, and another 39 on one near Majori beach. Initial reports suggested that there were over 500 people on both ice floes.

[link to rt.com]

Good ending!!

dammm. that's awful.

I play it safe and only ice fish over dry land...

QUIEF likes to play it safe

Interesting about the meteorite falling there a month ago...:


Thread: Possible Meteorite Strike in Latvia!




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