A dramatic rescue was captured on camera during a massive flash flood in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. The video, filmed by a first responder on a swift-water rescue team, shows a mother raccoon stranded atop a utility pole that was nearly submerged by the rising river. The most incredible part? A litter of three kits was clung tightly to her back. As the boat neared the pole, the mother didn't hesitate. She timed the swell of a wave and jumped straight into the arms of the rescuers. S

Video from Wrightwood, California, showed a house partially buried after torrential rains triggered flash flooding and mudslides in Southern California. Emergency crews spent much of Thursday answering rescue calls and pulling drivers to safety from submerged vehicles, the San Bernardino County Fire Department told Reuters. https://cbsn.ws/48U5kyH | CBS News