Tag: Evacuated
780,000 evacuated in India ahead of major cyclone
NEW DELHI: Nearly 800,000 people in India's eastern coastal districts have been evacuated ahead of the expected arrival of a major cyclone packing winds...
Italian climber evacuated from K2
GILGIT: A Pakistani rescue helicopter evacuated an Italian climber on Wednesday -- four days after he survived a deadly ice avalanche on K2, the world's...
Some 2,000 evacuated for removal of 3 WWII bombs in Poland
WARSAW: More than 2,000 people were evacuated Monday while Polish navy experts removed three World War II bombs from the Baltic Sea bed at...
More than 2,000 evacuated to remove WWII-era bomb in Poland
WARSAW: Polish police say they are evacuating more than 2,000 people after the discovery of an unexploded World War II-era bomb weighing some 250...
2 besieged pro-govt villages evacuated: Syrian media
BEIRUT: All the residents of two Syrian pro-government villages in the country's northwest — over 7,000 people — who were besieged by the rebels...
Pakistani couple besieged in Syria finally evacuated
The besieged Pakistani couple in Syria, Muhammad Akram and his wife Sughran Bibi have safely been evacuated through the Wafidin Corridor and are on...
Fire in London leaves one dead
LONDON: A man died and several residents were evacuated after a house fire in west London’s Holland Park, the fire brigade said early on...
4,000 people are evacuated as WWII bomb is defused in Hong...
WAN CHAI: A wartime bomb was defused in Hong Kong on Thursday after forcing a busy commercial district into lockdown, with roads closed and...
Volcano spews ash, lava, around 40,000 evacuated in Philippines
MANILA: The Philippines’ most active volcano on Tuesday spewed big plumes of ash and fountains of lava for the second day of increased activity,...
1,500 people evacuated after volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY: About 1,500 people are being evacuated from an island off the northern coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG) after a nearby volcano...
Terminal at Nice airport evacuated after bomb scare
Passengers have been evacuated from Terminal 2 of Nice airport, according to photos and reports on social media.
There have been reports of a suspicious...
Six Paris schools evacuated over bomb threat
Six prestigious schools in central Paris were evacuated on Tuesday after anonymous calls claiming that bombs had been hidden in the buildings, police and...
School evacuated as attack rumours spark panic
Authorities evacuated a girls’ school in Faisalabad on Friday when hundreds of terrified parents rushed to save their daughters after rumours of an attack,...
134 expatriates return from Yemen, foreign nationals rescued
A special flight of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), PK 7006, carrying 134 expatriate Pakistanis from Yemen, arrived at Benizir Bhutto International Airport late on Sunday.
176 Pakistanis evacuated from Yemen land home
A group of 176 Pakistani nationals, who had been stranded in the war-torn Yemen, arrived in Islamabad on Friday.
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane...
Typhoon slams into Philippines, 1 million evacuated
A powerful typhoon roared into the eastern Philippines on Saturday, bringing lashing rain and strong winds that felled trees, ripped off tin roofs and...
Second leak at North Sea oil platform forces evacuation
An oil leak at a North Sea platform caused it to be partially evacuated on Saturday, its Middle East operator said, the second such...
