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500 civilians evacuated from besieged Syrian town
Some 500 women, children and elderly civilians trapped in the besieged town of Moadamiyet al-Sham, southwest of Damascus, have been evacuated.
30 October 2013
Fukushima workers evacuated as small tsunami hits Japan
Workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant were evacuated when a small tsunami hit Japan after a powerful undersea quake Saturday.
27 October 2013
Mass evacuations in Vietnam for typhoon Nari
Vietnam is evacuating tens of thousands of people in the path of Typhoon Nari, state media said Monday, after the powerful storm left 13 dead in the Philippines.
15 October 2013
Red alert issued as massive cyclone bears down on India
India issued a red alert as a massive cyclone bore down on the east coast Saturday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.
12 October 2013
Typhoon Fitow slams into China
Typhoon Fitow barrelled into China's east coast early Monday, packing winds of more than 200 kilometres an hour after hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated.
07 October 2013
Flooded Acapulco hit by looting as tourists airlifted
Mexican military and commercial flights airlifted hundreds of tourists stranded in the flooded resort of Acapulco Tuesday, where thousands of looters ransacked stores after two deadly storms struck the country.
18 September 2013
Japan tells 300,000 households to evacuate as typhoon hits
Typhoon Man-yi hit central Japan Monday, with almost 300,000 households told to evacuate and fears the storm could go on to hit the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
16 September 2013
One millionth child refugee flees Syria: UN
The number of children who have fled war-torn Syria hit one million Friday, while two million kids have been displaced within their homeland's borders by the conflict.
23 August 2013
Over 300 people evacuated from flooded villages in Kostanay oblast
100 rescuers and 16 vehicles have been dispatched to the flooded ares of Kostanay oblast in Kazakhstan.
19 August 2013
Hundreds evacuated after Indonesia volcano erupts
More than 500 people have been evacuated from a tiny Indonesian island where a volcano erupted at the weekend, spewing rocks and lava that killed five villagers.
12 August 2013
Kazakhstan citizen with 4 children evacuated from Syria
A Kazakhstan national has been evacuated from Syria because of fresh clashes between Kurds and Syrian Islamists.
12 August 2013
US pulls staff from Lahore consulate over 'threats'
The United States on Thursday evacuated all non-emergency staff from its consulate in Lahore, Pakistan, citing "specific threats" amid a worldwide alert over Al-Qaeda intercepts.
09 August 2013
Flooding in Canada forces evacuation in another city
Canadian authorities in the western city of Medicine Hat on Sunday ordered the evacuation of buildings in low-lying areas after flooding killed three people and forced 100,000 to flee.
24 June 2013
100,000 flee flooding in Canada
Flooding forced the evacuation on Friday of some 100,000 people in the western city of Calgary and nearby towns in the heart of the Canadian oil patch.
22 June 2013
Hungary evacuations as flood waters surge toward Budapest
Hungary began evacuating villages and reinforced leaking dykes along the rising Danube River on Saturday, as central Europe's worst floods in over a decade headed toward Budapest.
09 June 2013
Cyclone rips into Bangladesh after mass evacuations
A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.
16 May 2013
Evacuations lifted as California blaze nearly controlled
All evacuation orders were lifted Sunday in California as firefighters battling a massive wildfire near Los Angeles said they had contained 60 percent of the blaze.
07 May 2013
N. Korea urges South evacuation, warns of nuclear war
North Korea on Tuesday urged foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuating, saying there was a risk of "thermo-nuclear war" breaking out on the Korean peninsula.
09 April 2013
Over 140 Kazakhstan citizens evacuated from Syria
Over 140 Kazakhstan citizens have been evacuated under Kazakhstan Foreign Ministry’s support so far: Foreign Ministry.
18 February 2013
Major floods hammer northern Australia
A man was missing in raging floodwaters and hundreds of homes were evacuated in northeastern Australia as storms pelted Queensland state Sunday, with the army put on standby as the weather worsened.
28 January 2013