Two sisters from North California, spent two nights in a cold and rainy forest and were found safe and well on Sunday morning. Leia Carrico, eight, and Caroline, five, wandered away from home on Friday afternoon and got lost in the woodland. They survived by drinking water from huckleberry leaves and eating cereal bars that they had brought with them. Dozens of police and rescue officials, using helicopters and dogs, were involved in the search.

Benbow missing girls found safe https://t.co/4SgVZ6HqjA pic.twitter.com/IRMQieNeNf

— Humboldt County Sheriff (@HumCoSO) March 4, 2019

The girls did not listen to their mother who refused to let them go out for a walk around their neighbourhood. They told the rescuers that they got lost while following a deer trail and made the decision to stay put under a bush where they were later found. Paramedics assessed the two girls and said that they were dehydrated and cold.