Tag: Evacuated

17 Dead, Boy, 5, Missing as Major Atmospheric River Sweeps Across California

A major atmospheric river that struck California has destroyed homes and killed 17 people, while a five-year-old boy is missing, according to officials. The adverse weather event that began on Monday was the latest in a number of storms that began in December and has prompted evacuation orders and school closures amid flash flooding, strong winds,…


2 Dead in Mexico After Storm Roslyn Dumps Heavy Rains, Flooding

MEXICO CITY—Two people died on Sunday from destruction caused by Tropical Storm Roslyn after it made landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast as a powerful hurricane before weakening farther inland, authorities said. A 74-year-old man was killed in the town of Mexcaltitan de Santiago Ixcuintla when a beam fell on his head, Nayarit state’s Ministry of…


2.5 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Florida Braces for Category 4 Hurricane Damage

HAVANA—Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida, where officials ordered 2.5 million people to evacuate before it crashes ashore Wednesday. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio…


2.5 Million Ordered to Evacuate as Florida Braces for Hurricane Ian

HAVANA—Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba as a major hurricane Tuesday and left 1 million people without electricity, then churned on a collision course with Florida over warm Gulf waters expected to strengthen it into a catastrophic Category 4 storm. Ian made landfall in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters,…


Hurricane Ian Strikes Cuba, Florida Braces for Category 4 Damage

HAVANA—Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 storm before it hits Florida on Wednesday. Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. ET Tuesday in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters, evacuated 50,000 people, rushed…


Biden Evacuated After Security Breach Near Delaware Beach House

President Joe Biden and the first lady were escorted to a secure place Saturday afternoon after a security breach near their beach house in Delaware. The Bidens stayed in the secure place, a local fire station, for about 37 minutes. At about 1:48 p.m. local time, reporters traveling with the president said the main road…


Danish Women Evacuated From Syrian Camps Charged With Terrorism Links

COPENHAGEN—Denmark said on Thursday three Danish women, who were evacuated from Syrian detention camps along with their 14 children, had been charged with aiding terrorist activities and illegally travelling to and residing in conflict zones. Danish authorities decided in May to evacuate the women, who were being held in northeastern Syria due to their association…


US General Says Most of Those Evacuated From Afghanistan to Qatar Are Now in Europe, US

DOHA—The United States has moved most of the more than 57,000 people it evacuated from Afghanistan to Qatar out of the Gulf state, with some now in the United States while others are being processed in Europe, a U.S. general said on Saturday. Roughly 124,000 people were evacuated last month from Kabul in a massive…


Second Afghan Boy Dies of Mushroom Poisoning in Poland

WARSAW, Poland—A second child of an Afghan family evacuated from Kabul to Poland died Friday after eating soup containing death cap mushrooms, which the family had unknowingly gathered in a Polish forest outside their quarantine center. The 6-year-old boy had received an emergency liver transplant but doctors were unable to save him. His 5-year-old brother…


Almost 6,000 Evacuated From Kabul by UK as Troops Witness ‘Harrowing Scenes’

Close to 6,000 people have been evacuated as part of the UK rescue mission in Kabul, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. Those repatriated under Operation Pitting include embassy staff, British nationals, those eligible under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (Arap) programme, and a small number of nationals from partner nations. The evacuation…