evacuation
January 9, 2023 | The Associated Press
California Deluge Forces Mass Evacuations, Boy Swept Away
LOS ANGELES—As another powerful storm walloped California, a 5-year-old boy was swept away by floodwaters Monday on the state’s central coast and an entire seaside community that is home to Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities was ordered to evacuate on the fifth anniversary of deadly mudslides there. Tens of thousands of people remained without power, […]
January 7, 2023 | Reuters
Nearly 200 People in Himalayan Town Evacuated After Homes Develop Cracks
LUCKNOW—Indian authorities have moved nearly 200 people from their homes in the Himalayan town of Joshimath, an official said on Saturday, after hundreds of buildings in the area popular with pilgrims and tourists developed cracks due to shifting soil. For years, experts have warned that large-scale construction work, including hydro power projects, in and around […]
December 25, 2022 | The Associated Press
Passenger Laptop Fire Forces Plane Evacuation at JFK Airport
NEW YORK—Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening, officials said. Officials from the FAA, JetBlue and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the aircraft was taxing to a gate at […]
December 8, 2022 | The Associated Press
Iowa Plant Explosion, Fire Lead to Injuries, Evacuation
MARENGO, Iowa—An explosion and fire at an agricultural plant Thursday in eastern Iowa has caused injuries and an evacuation of people near the operation. The explosion and fire happened about 11:15 a.m. in Marengo at a plant owned by Heartland Crush, a soybean crushing company. Hours later, the fire continued to burn. Five people were […]
November 2, 2022 | Reuters
Russia Orders Wider Evacuation of Occupied Southern Ukraine
KYIV/MYKOLAIV, Ukraine—Russia told civilians on Tuesday to leave an area along the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian province of Kherson, a major extension of an evacuation order that Kyiv says amounts to the forced depopulation of occupied territory. Russia had previously ordered civilians out of a pocket it controls on the […]
October 4, 2022 | Reuters
Hurricane Ian, Florida Search Operation Redoubled as Death Toll Tops 100
FORT MYERS, Fla.—Search-and-rescue teams in Florida doubled back to examine tens of thousands of Gulf Coast homes and businesses on Monday after an initial sweep through areas ravaged by Hurricane Ian, as the death toll from one of America’s fiercest storms on record topped 100. Emergency crews have made cursory inspections of about 45,000 properties […]
September 1, 2022 | Lorenz Duchamps
Emergency Broadcast Alert Telling Los Angeles Citizens to Evacuate Was Sent ‘In Error’
An emergency alert that appeared during TV programming on Wednesday telling Los Angeles residents to evacuate was sent “in error” by the county, according to officials. Shortly after the vague emergency broadcast system alert confused many Californians, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the message was sent by mistake. “The evacuation notice that was […]
July 19, 2022 | The Associated Press
Man Arrested in Bomb Threat That Led to Airport Evacuation
SAN FRANCISCO—An Oakland man was arrested for allegedly reporting a false bomb threat over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of people from the San Francisco International Airport’s international terminal, police said Monday. Terry Addison, 53, was charged with reporting a false bomb threat and malicious report of a false bomb threat, the San […]