Twenty-one critically ill children are due to leave Gaza later in the first medical evacuation since the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down in early May, Palestinian officials said. The nearly nine-month Israel-Hamas war has devastated Gaza’s health sector and forced most of its hospitals to shut down. Health officials say thousands of people […]
Jun. 26—4:29 P.M. UPDATE: Source of bomb threat TRAVERSE CITY — Grand Traverse County officials evacuated the Governmental Center campus in downtown Traverse City on Wednesday afternoon after receiving a bomb threat. The bomb threat was called into the county’s 911 central dispatch center, according to Traverse City Police Chief Matt Richmond. County Administrator Nate […]
The Oak Ridge Fire is now at 213 acres, growing from its June 22 ignition. The fire is burning in a remote area of the Southern Rockies inside the San Isabel National Forest. A mandatory evacuation was issued for residents in the area. Officials were scheduled to share more details of the fire at 5:30 […]
Jun. 23—AUGUSTA — The Walmart Supercenter at the Marketplace at Augusta was evacuated at about 2 p.m. Sunday after a bomb threat was discovered at the store. Lt. Anthony Drouin of the Augusta Police Department said Sunday the evacuation lasted about two hours, as two trained dogs from the Maine State Police responded and searched […]
The Long Bend Fire burning on the west side of the Deschutes River, roughly 4 miles southwest of Maupin, has brought “a precautionary evacuation” for two popular campgrounds. The fire, which blackened 108 acres by Saturday night and was 0% contained, brought the evacuation of Harpham Flat and Wapinitia campgrounds. Currently there are no boating […]
The roof of a Walmart in Lodi caught fire Saturday forcing shoppers to evacuate the store and leading to its temporary closure. Lodi firefighters were notified of the blaze just before noon, said Nancy Sarieh, a spokesperson for the city. As they tried to extinguish it, the fire burned through plexiglass on the roof and […]
RUIDOSO, N.M. (KRQE) – As if fleeing the fires outside Ruidoso wasn’t stressful enough, for one family, the experience came with a whole new challenge when mom went into labor. The Sandy Family talked with KRQE News 13 about their harrowing story which they count as a happy ending no matter what is happening back home. Wildfire […]
The Upper Applegate Fire burning in southwest Oregon has brought evacuation warnings south of Jacksonville. The fire was estimated at 120 acres Thursday night with multiple fire crews and resources engaging the blaze “in an aggressive initial attack,” according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. A level 1 evacuation warning — meaning be prepared to […]
Authorities have lifted all road closures and evacuations warnings related to the 1,078-acre Hesperia Fire as firefighters managed to build containment lines around 86% of the perimeter. All road closures and evacuation orders were lifted at 8 a.m. Tuesday, according to CAL FIRE and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials. Smoke was expected to remain […]
As then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi fled the Capitol after it was overrun by pro-Trump rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, she grilled her top staffer on a key question: Where was the National Guard? “You’re going to ask me — in the middle of the thing when they’ve already breached the inaugural stuff — ‘should we call […]
MCLENDON-CHISHOLM, Texas – The City of McLendon-Chisholm in Rockwall County told residents on Sunday night to be ready to evacuate. The city is monitoring the status of the dam in the Chisholm Crossing subdivision. McLendon-Chisholm Mayor Bryan McNeal said the ground near the dam has shifted six feet in about 24 hours, including three feet […]
California firefighters are battling the fast-moving Corral Fire that started on Saturday near the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Site’s 300 and within a few hours had blown up to 10,000 acres and is threatening homes southwest of Tracy. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection does not yet know what caused the fire. This […]