CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Stung by past failures to prepare for hurricanes, the Mexican government on Wednesday began evacuating even sea turtle eggs from beaches ahead of incoming Hurricane Beryl. While Beryl remains far offshore in the Caribbean near Jamaica, it is expected to hit somewhere south of Cancun by late Thursday or early Friday. […]
Bangladesh has evacuated nearly 800,000 people from vulnerable areas as the country and neighbouring India awaited the arrival of a severe cyclone that has formed over the Bay of Bengal. The storm is expected to cross Bangladesh and India’s West Bengal coasts around midnight on Sunday. The India Meteorological Department said it is expected to […]
France has begun evacuating tourists from its overseas territory of New Caledonia after days of unrest in the Pacific archipelago. French tourists were flown to Australia and New Zealand on military aircraft on Saturday, the news station BMFTV reported. They will then return home on commercial flights. A state of emergency has been in place […]
Thousands of residents of the eastern Ukrainian border region of Kharkiv are being evacuated to safety amid Russia’s current offensive operations there. Around 4,000 people had already left the area in the last two days, regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram on Sunday. Many of them were able to stay with friends and relatives, […]
A neighborhood and a nearby elementary school were evacuated Monday morning after a vehicle crashed into a gas main in Phoenix. Phoenix Fire Department issued an evacuation for a half-mile radius around the situation near 27th and Northern avenues. Washington Elementary School, located within blocks of the reported incident, was evacuated out of an “abundance […]
Apr. 11—Second Chance Animal Rescue is halting services while it addresses mold issues at its location on 24th Avenue NW. Rose Grimm, Second Chance director, said its board made the decision to close the building after learning that the site had experienced what she described as a “pretty bad situation.” “We want to make sure […]
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – The National Weather Service office in Huntsville is transferring responsibilities over to Jackson, Mississippi temporarily after a fire in their building Monday. According to NWS Huntsville officials, a fire in the NWS building on the University of Alabama Huntsville campus Monday morning caused the office to evacuate. Several agencies respond to […]
By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – When Swiss doctor Raouf Salti realised he could not go to Gaza to help injured children, he decided he would do everything he could to get them to Geneva to receive medical care. After dealing with swathes of red tape, Salti got permission to have four children, including a […]
Ukraine has evacuated over 100 civilians over the past week from the Russian-held outskirts of embattled Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, an official within the regional police told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) on Feb. 2. Avdiivka, lying only kilometers away from Russian-occupied Donetsk, has suffered intensified Russian attacks since October 2023 as Moscow’s troops aim […]
Residents have been evacuated from small coastal towns near Cape Town in South Africa as wildfires sweep down from surrounding mountains and burn out of control. Authorities ordered a full evacuation of Pringle Bay, a coastal village popular with holidaymakers about 50 miles from Cape Town, on Tuesday. People evacuated parts of the nearby town […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Residents have been evacuated from small coastal towns near Cape Town in South Africa as wildfires swept down off surrounding mountains and burned out of control for a second day on Tuesday. Authorities ordered a full evacuation of Pringle Bay, a coastal village popular with holidaymakers about 80 kilometers […]