Tag: Evacuation
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Gaza’s Hospitals Face ‘Impossible’ Choices With Israel Evacuation Order
[ad_1] As Israel called for Gazans to leave the north of the besieged enclave, hospitals in Gaza City said they had no way to evacuate thousands of sick and injured patients and that there were not enough hospitals to treat them in the south. With a widely anticipated ground invasion looming, the city’s hospitals continued…
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Palestinians flee northern Gaza after Israel orders mass evacuation
[ad_1] Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza after Israel’s military urged about 1 million people to leave for the territory’s south ahead of an expected ground invasion following the surprise attack a week ago by the ruling Hamas militant group despite warnings from the U.N. that evacuating nearly half of Gaza’s population would be…
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Health Care: WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health, reduce suffering
[ad_1] GENEVA: Amid the raging Israel-Hamas war, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has appealed for the urgent establishment of a humanitarian corridor for safe aid delivery as due to ongoing airstrikes and closed borders, civilians have no safe place to go.Israel’s military told 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes immediately, as…
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Israel orders unprecedented evacuation of 1 million in Gaza as possible ground offensive looms
[ad_1] Israel’s military told some 1 million Palestinians on Friday to evacuate northern Gaza and head to the southern part of the besieged territory, an unprecedented order applying to almost half the population ahead of an expected ground invasion against the ruling Hamas militant group. The U.N. warned that so many people fleeing en masse…
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Illinois semitruck crash causes “multiple fatalities,” ammonia leak evacuation for residents
[ad_1] A semitruck carrying anhydrous ammonia overturned in Illinois in a multi-vehicle crash that caused “multiple fatalities,” Illinois State Police confirmed to CBS News on Saturday. The accident, which involved “multiple” vehicles, happened about a half-mile east of Teutopolis, Illinois, on U.S. Highway 40 on Friday at about 9:25 p.m. local time, police said in…
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‘Technical issue’ with fire alarms causes second evacuation in a week at Perth Airport
[ad_1] A terminal at one of Australia’s busiest airports was evacuated this morning after “multiple” fire alarms went off due to a suspected technical issue. The alarms at Perth Airport’s Terminal 1 were set off at about 5am on Thursday, leading to an evacuation of the terminal. Some commuters waited close to an hour while…
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N.W.T. officials say start planning now for lifting of Yellowknife evacuation order
[ad_1] By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 2, 2023 8:41 pm Updated September 2, 2023 8:49 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Residents of Yellowknife and a nearby First Nation who have been evacuated for weeks due to wildfires are being told to start planning now for their return home, beginning…
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“Like a science-fiction movie”: The story of one couple’s evacuation from Kelowna
[ad_1] Smoke from the McDougall Creek wildfire fills the air and nearly blocks out the sun as people take in the view of Okanagan Lake from Tugboat Beach, in Kelowna, B.C., last week. (Photograph by Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press.) In the past few days, while Canadians watched Yellowknifers flee their homes, residents of another city…
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B.C. wildfires: 10K on evacuation order in Central Okanagan
[ad_1] The raging McDougall Creek wildfire has impacted large swaths of the Central Okanagan. And late Friday night, local emergency officials gave Global News an early estimate of the inferno’s impact, saying 10,000 properties in the region were on evacuation order. 3:41 B.C. wildfires: Many provincial fires pose risk or threat to public safety The…
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Evacuation alert issued in Central Okanagan
[ad_1] Descrease article font size Increase article font size Thousands of properties in the Central Okanagan are now under an evacuation alert due to the McDougall Creek wildfire. The alert was issued just after 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Map of evacuation alert. Central Okanagan Emergency Operations It covers 4,800 properties for portions of West Kelowna, the…