Raging wildfires engulf western Canada: Kelowna and beyond face unprecedented threats
KELOWNA, Canada, Aug 21, 2023 (AFP) - Fires ravaging western Canada gained more ground on Sunday as two blazes merged…
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Security alert prompts Eiffel Tower evacuation
PARIS, Aug 12, 2023 (AFP) - A security alert Saturday prompted the evacuation of three floors of the Eiffel Tower…
3 years ago
US orders partial evacuation of embassy in Niger
WASHINGTON, Aug 2, 2023 (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday ordered a partial evacuation of its embassy in Niger,…
3 years ago
Massive rockslide just misses Swiss village
GENEVA, June 16, 2023 (AFP) - A Swiss village came within a hair's breadth of being wiped off the map…
3 years ago
Thousands flee as Cyclone Mocha approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
SITTWE, Myanmar, May 13, 2023 (AFP) - Thousands fled Myanmar's west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate…
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Colombia urges evacuation near volcano
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AFP) Authorities in Colombia on Saturday recommended that towns closest to a rumbling, notorious volcano be evacuated, ahead…
3 years ago
DEVELOPING STORY: Rescue operations to extract foreigners from Sudan
Khartoum, Sudan | AFP | Monday 4/24/2023 Battles raging in Sudan between the army and paramilitaries have sparked multiple evacuation…
3 years ago
Pro-Moscow force renews evacuation of Ukraine’s Kherson
Moscow, Russia | AFP | Russian occupation authorities announced Tuesday the movement of further large numbers of people from…
4 years ago
Evacuation warnings after typhoon makes landfall in Japan
by Atish PATEL / Yuichi YAMAZAKI Agence France Presse IZUMI, Japan (AFP) -- Millions of people in Japan were…
4 years ago
Civilians leave steelworks as Ukraine braces for renewed offensive
by Joshua Melvin, with David Stout in Kyiv Agence France Presse All vulnerable civilians have been evacuated from Mariupol,…
4 years ago
Ukraine says evacuation corridor agreed for Mariupol
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukraine said it had agreed with Russian forces to open a safe route Wednesday for…
4 years ago
Alert level 3 raised over Taal following “nearly continuous phreatomagmatic activity”
PHIVOLCS "strongly recommends" evacuation from high-risk barangays of Bilibinwang, Banyaga, others (Eagle News) -- The alert level over Taal has…
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