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  • SoCal: Brush Fire Erupts North of Santa Clarita, Evacuations Ordered

    01/22/2025 12:28:40 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 70 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 01/22/2025 | Paul Bois
    A brush fire erupted on Wednesday near Castaic Lake, just north of southern California’s Santa Clarita — a Los Angeles suburb behind the San Fernando Valley. The Hughes fire has been moving rapidly since first breaking out, advancing more than 500 acres in roughly an hour due to the massive winds and dry weather facing the area. Evacuation orders have since been called in. Video shared on social media demonstrated the fire’s growing power: According to the Santa Clarita Valley Signal, the fire broke out around 10:40 a.m., which prompted quick evacuation orders for Castaic Lake and the surrounding areas:...
  • Palisades Fire forces new evacuations near Encino and Brentwood

    01/10/2025 9:31:06 PM PST · by backpacker_c · 25 replies
    foxla ^ | 1/11/25 | foxla
    LOS ANGELES - A massive flare-up of the Palisades Fire erupted Friday night, forcing a new round of mandatory evacuations and shutting down major roads in the area Around 7 p.m. Friday, a new flare-up on the northeastern edge of the fire broke out, forcing evacuations in the Mandeville Canyon and Encino areas. The flames also forced the closure of the 405 Freeway at Sepulveda Boulevard near Bel-Air and Westwood.
  • What to put in your "go bag" for a fire or other emergency evacuation

    01/09/2025 8:01:23 PM PST · by blueplum · 48 replies
    CBS News ^ | 07 Jan 2025 | Matthew Rodriguez
    One of the most important parts of an emergency action plan is a go bag filled with everything you need in case of an evacuation... Firefighters created a phonetic list, dubbed the "6 P's of Evacuation," to remember everything that should go with you and your emergency kit: People, pets and papers; phone numbers & important documents; Prescriptions, vitamins & eyeglasses; Pictures & irreplaceable memorabilia; Personal computer, hard drive & disks; "Plastic" (credit cards, ATM cards) & cash.
  • Dick Van Dyke and Cher Are Among Celebrities Forced To Evacuate Their Homes as Malibu Wildfires Rip Through Affluent Community

    12/11/2024 1:21:22 PM PST · by CondoleezzaProtege · 61 replies
    Realtor.com ^ | Dec 11, 2024 | Marianne Garvey
    The Malibu wildfires have forced thousands of people to flee the upscale California enclave—including dozens of A-list stars, from Dick Van Dyke and Cher to Julia Roberts. Firefighters have been working tirelessly to combat the furious blaze, known as the Franklin Fire, as it ripped through Malibu Canyon, scorching more than 2,700 acres and multiple homes as residents fled the affluent area. The fires had grown to 3,893 acres by 4:25 a.m. PST on Dec. 11. and were at 7% containment. Van Dyke, 98, and his wife, Arlene Silver, 53, were among the many Malibu residents pushed out of their...
  • Evacuations urged after ‘possible explosives’ found near Western Avenue [Tennessee]

    10/10/2024 6:18:44 PM PDT · by CFW · 9 replies
    WKRN ^ | 10/10/24 | Hannah Moore, Gregory Raucou
    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville Fire Department has shared that Western Avenue between Texas Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue is closed due to the discovery of “suspected explosive materials” and the public is strongly urged to evacuate the area. At around 2:15 p.m. on October 10, Knoxville Police Department and KFD responded to CMC Recycling at 2706 Mynderse Avenue after employees discovered “an approximately 5×5 steel box that contained suspected dynamite and was smoking.” Officials are strongly urging people within a 3,000-foot radius of the suspected explosives to evacuate. KFD spokesperson Mark Wilbanks estimated that over 1,000 people had already...
  • Imminent dam failure, flash flooding prompt evacuations in southern Illinois

    07/16/2024 10:40:56 AM PDT · by CFW · 7 replies
    Fox Weather ^ | 7/16/24 | By Scott Sistek
    NASHVILLE, Ill. — Emergency officials said residents in some neighborhoods of Nashville, Illinois, are being urged to evacuate after a nearby dam is imminently failing. Recent heavy rains triggered Flash Flood Warnings in the region Tuesday morning, and flood waters overtopped the dam behind the Nashville City Reservoir. "Attention the failure of the Nashville dam is imminent," Washington County (Illinois) emergency managers wrote, adding a map shading an area at risk of flooding downstream. "If you are in the grey box, you need to evacuate now!" Two shelters have been opened in the area.
  • DeSantis announces first rescue flight to bring Floridians back from Haiti

    03/21/2024 12:48:44 PM PDT · by backpacker_c · 43 replies
    WUWF ^ | Mar 21, 2024 | WUWF
    While providing few details, Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Division of Emergency Management Director Kevin Guthrie said a flight with 14 people, including children, had departed Wednesday afternoon to go to Orlando Sanford International Airport. Guthrie said about 500 Americans and 360 Floridians had contacted the state about evacuating. Guthrie said the state is also working to get people from where they have been staying to an undisclosed airfield in Haiti.
  • The latest on the rapidly growing Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas

    02/27/2024 2:58:16 PM PST · by CFW · 27 replies
    CNN ^ | 2/27/24 | staff
    Texas governor issues disaster declaration From CNN’s Joe Sutton Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties in response to wildfire activity, saying more counties could be added. “The State of Texas stands ready to provide support to our local partners and deploy all resources needed to protect our fellow Texans and their property. Hot and dry conditions caused by high temperatures and windy conditions are expected to continue in the region in the coming days," the governor said in a statement. Those conditions could mean the wildfires continue to grow larger and more dangerous,...
  • Thousands urged to evacuate as wildfire rages near Ballarat, Victoria

    02/23/2024 6:32:46 AM PST · by Roman_War_Criminal · 1 replies
    Watchers.news ^ | 2/22/24 | Staff
    An emergency warning has been issued for 28 communities west of Ballarat, Victoria, as residents are urged to evacuate due to an out-of-control bushfire. The fire, which ignited along Bayindeen-Rocky Road, is being fought by 1 000 firefighters with support from 24 aircraft and 100 vehicles. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan and emergency officials emphasize the rapidly evolving situation, with no properties reported damaged yet but significant disruptions including road closures and power outages affecting over 2 100 customers. Thousands of residents in 28 communities are being urged to evacuate immediately as an out-of-control wildfire threatens areas west of Ballarat, Victoria,...
  • Rescue of foreign citizens, diplomats expected, Sudan army says

    04/22/2023 6:49:00 AM PDT · by dynachrome · 10 replies
    CNBC ^ | 4-22-23 | AP
    The Sudanese army said Saturday it was coordinating efforts to evacuate American, British, Chinese and French citizens and diplomats from Sudan on military aircraft, as the bloody fighting that has engulfed the vast African nation entered its second week. The military said that its chief, Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan, had spoken to leaders of several countries who have requested safe evacuations of their citizens and diplomats from Sudan. The prospect has vexed officials as most major airports have become battlegrounds and movement out of the capital, Khartoum, has proven intensely dangerous.
  • Chinese nationals in Ukraine sign up for evacuation after call from FM (chinese propaganda outlet)

    10/16/2022 7:05:01 PM PDT · by dynachrome · 35 replies
    Global Times ^ | 10-16-22 | GT Staff
    Some Chinese nationals still in Ukraine have signed up for evacuation from the country, with most registering for organized evacuations, while others are preparing to leave Ukraine on their own, the Global Times learned on Sunday, after the Chinese Foreign Ministry urged Chinese citizens to leave Ukraine, citing the grave security situation. The move, following the large-scale evacuation in March that safely returned some 6,000 Chinese nationals in Ukraine back to their motherland, represents the Chinese government's greatest efforts to protect its citizens, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict further escalated, experts noted. As of press time on Sunday, 161 people had...
  • More than 540 000 people ordered to evacuate as heavy rainfall hits Japan

    08/05/2022 10:47:40 AM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 4 replies
    Watchers News ^ | 8/4/22 | Watchers
    As of Thursday morning (LT), August 4, 2022, over 540 000 residents living in the Tohoku and Hokuriku regions of Japan were ordered to evacuate as heavy rains continue falling over the Sea of Japan shoreline, triggering floods and landslides. Evacuation orders are in effect in Aomori, Iwate, Yamagata, Fukushima, Niigata, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures on August 4. Several people are missing. According to the country’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Mogami River in Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, overflowed its banks in the early hours of Thursday, flooding homes, roads and railways. At least two bridges have already...
  • The Missing Of Mariupol Special Report (The Search Is On)

    04/09/2022 3:42:58 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 13 replies
    Patrick Lancaster (please subscribe) ^ | 1/4/22 | Patrick Lancaster
    The Missing Of Mariupol Special Report (The Search Is On)
  • Ukraine accuses Moscow of forcibly deporting over 400,000 people to Russia

    04/09/2022 12:04:45 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 55 replies
    The New York Post ^ | March 24, 2022 | Patrick Reilly
    Ukraine accused Moscow on Thursday of forcibly relocating hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians from their besieged homes to Russia, where officials believe many will be held as “hostages” to negotiate a surrender from Kyiv. Lyudmyla Denisova, Ukraine’s ombudsperson, said 402,000 people – including 84,000 children – have been deported against their will. Russia gave nearly identical figures of those that have been relocated, though claimed that the people wanted to leave. Russian Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev on Thursday said that the roughly 400,000 people evacuated to Russia since the invasion began were from the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern...
  • Evacuations, order to close windows near chemical plant fire in New Jersey

    01/14/2022 8:16:04 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Nypost ^ | 01/14/2022 | AP
    PASSAIC, N.J. — A fire at a New Jersey chemical plant with flames and smoke visible for miles in the night sky Friday has spread to multiple buildings, threatening to reach the plant’s chemical storage area, authorities said. Passaic Mayor Hector Lora told Northjersey.com that popping and small explosions within the fire at Qualco Inc. indicated it was getting closer to the chemicals, as residents were being evacuated from surrounding areas and told to keep their windows closed in at least one nearby municipality.
  • Canada floods: 18,000 people still stranded in ‘terrible, terrible disaster’

    11/19/2021 10:09:02 PM PST · by blueplum · 45 replies
    the Guardian ^ | 18 November 2021 | Leyland Cecco
    Emergency crews in western Canada were still trying to reach some 18,000 people stranded by landslides and struggling to find food among bare grocery store shelves after devastating flooding. With communities in the region braced for more torrential rain in already inundated areas next week , the premier of British Columbia province declared an emergency and gave an emotional address in a press conference on Thursday. Appearing to fight back tears, John Horgan said: “The positive I’m going to take out of this is that it had shown British Columbians coming together supporting each other....
  • ‘Multiple’ bomb threats at Yale University force student evacuations

    11/05/2021 1:17:07 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/05/2021 | Jackie Salo
    Police evacuated students at Yale University after several bomb threats were called in around campus Friday, police said. Responding officers said the threats targeted “multiple buildings” in the Old Campus area of the campus in New Haven, Connecticut, the Yale Daily News reported. Eight buildings were evacuated out of an abundance of caution, including University Theater, Jonathan Edwards College and the Yale Art Gallery, the newspaper reported.
  • A Tale of Two Evacuations

    09/08/2021 7:21:07 PM PDT · by texas booster · 1 replies
    American Thinker ^ | Sept 8, 2021 | Larry Gill
    “Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance” As I reflect on the recent news of leaving Afghanistan, it reminds me of the evacuation I participated in as a junior enlisted marine in Beirut, Lebanon in 1984. Despite both the differences and similarities between these two operations, the main thing to remember is, as Marines, soldiers, or whatever branch of service, we receive our orders from the top. Our orders descend from the commander-in-chief to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, through the chain of command, all the way down through the lowly private standing next to you. We go and we accomplish...
  • Schiff: US ‘very unlikely’ to complete evacuations by Aug. 31

    08/24/2021 6:09:03 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 27 replies
    NY Post ^ | 08/24/2021 | Patrick Reilly
    House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff [D-CA] said it was “very unlikely” that the U.S. completes its evacuation of Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 deadline. “I think it’s possible but I think it’s very unlikely given the number of Americans who still need to be evacuated,” Schiff told reporters outside of The Capitol on Monday. “It’s hard for me to imagine that all of that can be accomplished between now and the end of the month. “I am encouraged to see the numbers of people evacuated increasing readily to the point where we evacuated 11,000 people in a single day....
  • President Biden Remarks on Afghanistan Evacuations (August 20, 2021)

    08/20/2021 6:52:59 PM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 10 replies
    C-Span ^ | 8-20-21 | Joe Biden
    President Biden gave remarks at the White House on military efforts to evacuate Americans and Afghans in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control. After announcing that approximately 18,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since July, including 13,000 people since evacuation operations began on August 14, the president said, “any American who wants to come home, we will get you home.” President Biden went on to say, “this evacuation mission is dangerous,” and that he cannot guarantee the outcome.