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World
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International
12/26/2022 1:49:02 PM
Christmas Day floods in the Philippines forced the evacuation of nearly 46,000 people from their homes, civil defence officials said Monday.
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World
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International
12/21/2022 7:52:08 PM
At least five people were killed and more than 70,000 rushed to evacuation centres in Malaysia after monsoon-triggered floods inundated the country's north, authorities said Wednesday.
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World
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International
12/4/2022 1:10:59 PM
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupted Sunday spewing hot ash clouds a mile into the sky and sending rivers of lava down its side, sparking the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people exactly one year after its last major eruption killed dozens.
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World
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War in Ukraine
11/28/2022 1:56:09 PM
Ukraine prepared for more Russian strikes on Monday and warned of the possibility for a new round of evacuations from the capital during a relative lull from the airstrikes on energy facilities and other key infrastructure in recent weeks.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/27/2022 1:06:17 PM
Tens of thousands of residents have been evacuated from an area around the strategic city of Kherson as heavy fighting and attacks on power infrastructure continue, Moscow-appointed authorities in southern Ukraine said Thursday.
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World
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International
10/26/2022 3:31:13 PM
Bangladesh rescue workers found the bodies of four missing crew of a dredger boat, taking the death toll from Cyclone Sitrang to 28 as millions remained without power, officials said Wednesday.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/25/2022 2:25:38 PM
At least 16 people died after Cyclone Sitrang slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from their homes, officials said Tuesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/22/2022 3:16:04 PM
Russian-installed authorities ordered all residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to leave ``immediately'' Saturday ahead of an expected advance by Ukrainian troops. waging a counteroffensive to recapture the occupied area.
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World
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International
10/19/2022 3:55:13 PM
Russian forces launched mass evacuations of civilians Wednesday from one of the first major cities they seized in the invasion of Ukraine, a tacit acknowledgement that yet another stinging battlefield defeat may be unfolding for President Vladimir Putin.
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COP27
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Climate change
10/11/2022 3:16:13 PM
Former Hurricane Julia has dissipated, but is still drenching Guatemala and El Salvador with torrential rains Monday after it reemerged in the Pacific following a pounding of Nicaragua.
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World
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International
9/25/2022 2:33:45 PM
A powerful typhoon shifted and abruptly gained strength in an ``explosive intensification'' Sunday as it blew closer to the northeastern Philippines, prompting evacuations from high-risk villages and even the capital, which could be sideswiped by the storm, officials said.
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World
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International
9/18/2022 11:04:12 AM
A powerful typhoon approaching southern Japan pounded the region with strong winds and heavy rain Sunday, causing blackouts, paralyzing ground and air transportation and prompting the evacuation of thousands of people.
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World
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International
8/22/2022 10:54:03 AM
Brush fires have forced the evacuation of more than 1,500 people in southwest China and power rationing for factories has reportedly been extended as weeks of record heat and drought batters the region.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/16/2022 1:57:26 PM
Massive explosions and fires hit a military depot in Russia-annexed Crimea on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people, the second time in recent days that the Ukraine war's focus has turned to the contested peninsula.
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World
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International
8/14/2022 4:01:51 PM
A large wildfire in northeast Spain grew rapidly overnight and was burning out of control Sunday, forcing the evacuation of eight villages and 1,500 people in Zaragoza province, firefighters said.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
8/9/2022 11:55:01 PM
Ukraine has transported at least 3,000 people from the battled-scarred eastern region of Donetsk since it initiated mandatory evacuations ahead of gruelling winter months, Kyiv said Tuesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/3/2022 8:46:29 PM
The Egyptian Armed Forces announced on Wednesday the evacuation of dozens of Libyan people injured in a recent fuel truck explosion in Bint Bayyah town in the neighbouring country to a hospital in Cairo to be treated from burns.
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World
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International
7/31/2022 11:19:25 AM
Wildfires in California and Montana exploded in size overnight amid windy, hot conditions and were quickly encroaching on neighborhoods, forcing evacuation orders for over 100 homes Saturday, while an Idaho blaze was spreading.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
7/30/2022 10:33:57 PM
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Saturday for the evacuation of the eastern Donetsk region which has seen fierce clashes between his country's forces and the Russian military.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
7/20/2022 10:22:46 PM
For weeks Natalya Zadoyanova had lost contact with her younger brother Dmitriy, who was trapped in the besieged Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
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