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Mar 20 2024
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Louisa residents take shelter at middle school after evacuation ordered due to fires
LOUSISA COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A local state of emergency has been declared in Louisa County as a large fire continues to burn in the area — forcing some residents from their homes. An active wildfire, which began Wednesday afternoon, sent smoke billowing into the sky and dozens of residents of the areas around West Old Mountain Road, Shannon Hill Road, Yanceyville Road and Vigor Road to a
ABC 8 WRICMar 20 2024
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U.S. looks at Haiti evacuation options as Americans and Haitians hope to escape gang violence
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — The U.S. State Department says it's exploring options to evacuate American citizens trapped in Haiti, where a power vacuum has left violent gangs to seize control of most of the capital and sent more than 15,000 people fleeing from their homes. Ten U.S. nationals arrived in Florida on Tuesday aboard a private plane that was chartered by missionaries out of
CBS News (Online)Apr 02 2024
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Leading chipmaker TSMC evacuates staff and pauses some machinery after Taiwan's largest earthquake in a quarter-century
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest maker of advanced chips, halted some chipmaking machinery and evacuated staff after the biggest earthquake to hit its home island in 25 years. TSMC, the main contract chipmaker to Apple Inc. and Nvidia Corp., moved staff out of certain areas and said it’s assessing the impact of a temblor measuring 7.4 in magnitude off the east coast
FortuneMar 11 2024
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US military evacuates non-essential staff, adds security at embassy in Haiti
The U.S. military carried out an evacuation mission of U.S. Embassy staff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, amid a deteriorating security situation.
The State Department requested the military carry out the mission to both airlift non-essential personnel out of the capital and to increase the security posture at the embassy, according to a statement from U.S. Southern Command.
There were
Washington ExaminerFeb 10 2024
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Palestinians brace for Rafah evacuation, Israeli assault plan
Trapped in and around Rafah, more than 1 million Palestinians braced for Israel to complete a plan to evacuate them and launch a ground assault against Hamas fighters in the southern Gaza city.
Aid agencies warned that large numbers of civilians could die in the Israeli offensive and the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency said it did not know how long it could work "in such a high risk
ReutersMar 18 2024
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Oklahoma City Fire Department respond to early morning hotel fire, building evacuated
FOX 25 KOKHFeb 06 2024
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Mudslide hits 3 Hacienda Heights homes, evacuations ordered
Mud flowed down a saturated Hacienda Heights hillside Tuesday morning, leading to the evacuation of three homes in the 3100 block of Gotera Drive. Los Angeles County firefighters could be seen by way of SKYCal overhead around 11:40 a.m., knee-deep in mud, working to clear the ground surrounding a gaping hole in the back wall of a home where mud crashed through. Three homes in total have been
CBS News (Online)Mar 08 2024
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Maine State House evacuated over bomb threat later deemed hoax
The threats were made toward two legislators, the State House, and the Maine Democratic Party, a news release from Maine Department of Public Safety stated. AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine State House was evacuated Friday morning after an apparent bomb threat was made. The threat reportedly targeted two Maine legislators, the State House, and the Maine Democratic Party, according to a news release
News Center MaineFeb 27 2024
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Fire-alarm delay, evacuation make for unusual night at Assembly Hall
BLOOMINGTON – The fire-alarm delay that caused the evacuation of Simon Simon Assembly Hall on Tuesday during Indiana’s Big Ten men’s basketball game against Wisconsin was due to an alarm pulled in the balcony of the arena, according to an official statement from Indiana. The approximate 20-minute delay and evacuation occurred in the second half of a game Indiana won 74-70. “It was determined a
Oskaloosa HeraldMar 07 2024
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Ship evacuated after first civilian fatalities in Houthis' Red Sea attacks
India's navy evacuated all 20 crew from a stricken vessel in the Red Sea on Thursday, after a Houthi attack killed three seafarers in the first civilian fatalities from the Yemeni group's campaign against the key shipping route.
The Iran-aligned militants fired a missile at the Barbados-flagged, Greek-operated True Confidence on Wednesday about 50 nautical miles off the southern Yemeni
Reuters