Latest Evacuations News

Israelis evacuated from the Lebanese border wonder if they'll ever return

Mar. 19, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel (AP) — For four years, Sivan Shoshani Partush recruited families for Kibbutz Malkiya, a community of around 400 that she calls her “little slice of heaven.” It wasn’t a hard sell: spacious homes, beautiful nature, paths winding through manicured lawns, and a slower...

AP PHOTOS: Boston celebrates St. Patrick's Day; Biden holds White House brunch with Irish leader

Mar. 17, 2024 23:17 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — While some American cities celebrated St. Patrick's Day a day early this weekend, Boston, one of the most Irish cities in the country, held its parades and festivities on Sunday, or March 17. Crowds of green-clad revelers lined the streets for the South Boston St....

Iceland's latest volcanic eruption is decreasing in power, and defenses are holding

Mar. 17, 2024 06:17 AM EDT

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland flowed Sunday toward defenses around the town of Grindavik, which have so far held the molten rock back from the evacuated community. Scientists said the eruption appeared to be weakening and would probably peter...

India's navy takes control of bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuates crew

Mar. 16, 2024 23:55 PM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian navy said late Saturday that it had taken control of a bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates and evacuated the 17 crew members on the vessel. In a statement on X, the navy said all 35 pirates on board the Maltese-flagged MV Ruen had surrendered and...

A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in 3 months, sending plumes of lava skywards

Mar. 16, 2024 21:22 PM EDT

GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in Iceland erupted Saturday evening for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky. Iceland’s Meteorological Office said the eruption opened a fissure in the earth about 3 kilometers (almost 2 miles) long...

Maui's mayor prioritizes housing and vows to hire more firefighters after Lahaina wildfire

Mar. 16, 2024 18:57 PM EDT

HONOLULU (AP) — Maui's mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more firefighters as his Hawaii community recovers from the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century. Mayor Richard Bissen outlined the steps in emotional remarks more than...

Author Mitch Albom, 9 others evacuated by helicopter from violence-torn Port-au-Prince

Mar. 13, 2024 12:57 PM EDT

DETROIT (AP) — Author and Detroit Free Press columnist Mitch Albom and nine others have been rescued by helicopter from Haiti after becoming stranded in the poverty-stricken and violence-torn Caribbean nation while visiting an orphanage. The group was forced to shelter inside the...

US forces fly in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel

Mar. 10, 2024 15:37 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave. The aircraft flew to the embassy compound, the U.S. Southern Command said, meaning that the effort...

United Airlines plane rolls off runway in Houston

Mar. 08, 2024 13:56 PM EST

HOUSTON (AP) — Passengers had to be evacuated from a United Airlines plane after it rolled off a runway and got stuck in the grass in Houston Friday morning. No injuries were reported among the 160 passengers and six crew members, United Airlines said in a statement. Video taken...

Scandinavian Airlines medevac plane lands in Malaysian island where Norwegian king is hospitalized

Mar. 01, 2024 04:35 AM EST

LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) — A Scandinavian Airlines medical evacuation plane arrived on Friday in Malaysia's northern resort island of Langkawi, where the Norwegian king is in hospital and being treated for an infection. King Harald V, Europe's oldest monarch at 87, was hospitalized...