USA Southern California: 100,000 evacuated due to fast-moving wildfires An electricity firm says its equipment may have caused a wildfire which forced mass evacuation orders and injured two firefighters. 27/10/2020
no comment Massive blaze tears through California forcing thousands to flee Firefighters have warned that the blaze is 'zero per cent contained' 20/08/2020
USA Homes evacuated amid Southern California wildfire east of Los Angeles Thousands of people were under evacuation orders on Sunday after a wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles exploded in size and crews battled flames in high temperatures. 03/08/2020
no comment Bolivians clean up after river flood forces evacuation The Bolivian town of Tipuipaya in the department of Cochabamba is forced to be evacuated after an overflowing Taquina River damaged several houses. 23/02/2020
no comment Evacuations underway with Australia's wildfires set to worsen It's one of the largest in Australia's history. 03/01/2020
United Kingdom UK braced for more flooding Severe flood warnings have been issued in England as flooding continues to force people from their homes 10/11/2019
United Kingdom Dam repairs continue but threat to English town remains Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the town of Whaley Bridge with police officers going door-to-door to notify residents. 03/08/2019
no comment 'Thousands evacuated since start of flood season in China' China has saved and evacuated more than 25,000 people since the start of this year's flooding season, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Tuesday. 10/07/2019
Germany 16,000 evacuated in Frankfurt to defuse WWII bomb 16,000 people were evacuated from an area of Frankfurt to allow for an unexploded WWII bomb to be defused. 07/07/2019
no comment Heavy rains in Japan force more than 1 million people to evacuate Authorities urged residents in parts of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures to move to safety immediately 04/07/2019
Chile Chile rocked as major quake leaves two dead and 200,000 without power Chile remains on alert for aftershocks following a 6.7 earthquake. It prompted the authorities to begin a mass evacuation of coastal areas ahead of a potential tsunami. 21/01/2019
United Kingdom Two stabbed and one arrested at incident at London's Sony HQ An evacuation of the building has taken place as a precaution 02/11/2018
no comment Nearly 2,000 migrants 'cleared from camp' in northern France Police today removed more than 1,800 migrants living in makeshift tents at the Grande-Synthe migrant camp in France. 23/10/2018
Italy Forest fire forces 700 people to evacuate near Pisa A forest fire near the Italian city of Pisa has forced 700 people to evacuate their homes. The fire has destroyed over 600 hectares of woodland so far. The fire broke out on Monday night on Mount Serra. Firefighters are tackling the blaze. 25/09/2018
no comment Elderly woman airlifted from her flooded Pender County home An elderly woman, who had run out of medication and hadn’t eaten for three days, was airlifted from her North Carolina home after the deadly storm. 17/09/2018
Indonesia Indonesia is hit by third quake in two weeks as death toll rises Indonesia has been rocked anew by an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9, according to the United States Geological Survey. 09/08/2018
Syria Israel evacuates hundreds of Syria’s White Helmets to Jordan Israel has evacuated hundreds of members of the White Helmets civil defence group and their families from a war zone in southern Syria “due to an immediate threat to their lives”. 22/07/2018
