Sentence examples for relief boat from inspiring English sources

Their supplies arrived once a fortnight on the lighthouse relief boat.

A flotilla of relief boats attacked in international waters.

Donations will, I'm sure, flood in to the other relief boats waiting in harbour.

Ian Fisher (NYT) MOZAMBIQUE: FLOOD EFFORTS Helicopters hovered above flooded villages and relief boats chugged through murky waters as rescuers struggled to evacuate tens of thousands of people from rising floods in central and northern Mozambique.

Yet shipments with Mr. Annan's go-ahead have included so-called relief items such as "boats" and boat "accessories" from France and "sport supplies" from Lebanon (sports in Iraq having been the domain of Saddam's Hussein's sadistic elder son, Uday).

The islands' remoteness and a breakdown of electrical power hampered the flow of reliable information, but by early today, relief planes and boats were beginning to arrive.

The local Disaster Management Department said evacuees had found shelter in 178 camps, while relief workers in boats and helicopters were working to help or rescue hundreds of thousands stranded by floods that have swamped both coastal and inland regions along rivers.

About 2,600 are believed to be still adrift on boats, relief agencies have said.

We did breathe a collective sigh of relief upon returning the boat -- after seven days, 80 miles and 28 locks -- in one piece back to the base in Luzech.

Hours after the hurricane passed through the area, relief works traveled by boat through flooded areas to assist the worst-hit areas.

The plane and crew were later found north of Andros Island by a Miami relief plane and a boat from Nassau three days later.