Tag: evacuation

Between guilt and outrage, West looks helpless over Aleppo

by Hui Min NEO Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – The fall of Aleppo has unleashed a mixture of outrage and impotence in the West, in which fury at the relentless carnage has mingled with guilt over the failure to stop it. Even the European public — who marched in the millions over the siege of Sarajevo or against the Iraq War — stayed at home as the Russian-backed Syrian regime smashed the country’s […]

First evacuations from rebel-held Aleppo

by Rim Haddad with Maya Gebeily in Beirut Agence France Presse ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) – A convoy of ambulances and buses left rebel territory in Aleppo on Thursday in the first evacuations under a deal for opposition fighters to leave the city after years of fighting. The rebel withdrawal will pave the way for President Bashar al-Assad’s forces to reclaim complete control of Syria’s second city, handing the regime its biggest victory in more than five […]

UN to begin evacuations from Aleppo if truce holds

by Karam al-Masri ALEPPO, Syria (AFP) — The United Nations hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, if the “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian army’s Russian-backed assault on the city holds. Despite a drop in violence after the truce took effect on Thursday there was little sign civilians were heeding calls to leave, and Russia accused rebels of preventing civilians from fleeing the east of the city. Meanwhile NATO chief […]

Fast-moving Arizona wildfire forces evacuations

ARIZONA, United States (Reuters) — A raging fire broke out on Wednesday (June 8) near Yarnell, Arizona, forcing the evacuation of several homes, according to local media. Several residents reportedly had to leave their homes after the wildfire grew to 400 acres on the north side of Yarnell. Firefighters were called in to battle the so-called Tenderfoot Fire on the ground and in the air as the blaze roared through grass and brush. There was […]

Families in Pampanga forcibly evacuated due to rising water level

Due to the continued rising of water levels in Pampanga, 500 families in seven municipalities of said province were forcibly evacuated by the Pampanga Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/unUBbx5r52A

Evacuation, almost complete

Almost 94% of the residents in the areas surrounding Mayon volcano have been evacuated. Albay Governor Joey Salceda assures resident that their temporary shelter is more than adequate. According to Salceda, there are no more residents left inside the 6-8km permanent danger zone. According to PHIVOLCS, Mayon Volcano may explode this week or within the month.

Typhoon churns towards Japan, prompting calls to evacuate

(Reuters) – Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Japan and more than 500,000 people urged to evacuate as a powerful typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to southwestern islands and was forecast to reach Tokyo later in the week. Typhoon Neoguri weakened from its original status as a super typhoon but remained intense, with gusts of more than 250 km per hour (155 mph). It was powering towards the Okinawa island chain where emergency rain and […]

Evacuation starts in Chile after 8.2 magnitude quake that killed at least 5 people

(Reuters) — A major earthquake of magnitude 8.2 struck off the coast of Chile on Tuesday, triggering a tsunami, causing landslides that blocked highways and leading to five deaths. Officials said the dead included people who were crushed by collapsing walls or were killed by heart attacks. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was shallow at 12.5 miles (20.1 km) below the seabed and struck about 100 km northwest of the mining port of Iquique near the Peruvian […]