Sentence examples for stranded for weeks from inspiring English sources

These people were stranded for weeks.

He takes a steamship north on the Yenisei River to the Arctic village of Potalovo, where he allows himself to be stranded for weeks.

Rescue teams responding to the Colorado floods have warned residents to evacuate their homes or face being stranded for weeks without electricity, water or basic supplies.

The terrible — and avoidable — result was that many frail or disabled occupants of public housing were left stranded for weeks without power, water or medicines.

After Hurricane Sandy, many frail or disabled occupants of public housing in New York were left stranded for weeks without power, water or medicines.

On Tuesday the UN's refugee agency said it had received reports that at least 2,000 migrants had been stranded for weeks on boats off the Myanmar-Bangladesh coasts.

Two people stranded for a week on a remote Pacific island have been rescued after signalling for help with a flashlight and an SOS message in the sand.

Eighty British tourists on a journey to watch emperor penguins in the Antarctic have been stranded for a week after their cruise ship got stuck in the ice.

In Ms. McDonagh's case, she was stranded for a week in April 2010 in Faro, Portugal, trying to get back to Dublin as the ash cloud lingered and European governments dithered about whether they could safely reopen their airspace.

Jon Kay reports on the mission to help local residents, stranded for one week.

Sanjoy Majumder joined the rescue mission and met some of the survivors who had been stranded for a week.