Latest Evacuations News
Swiss villagers pack up for evacuation over fears of another rockslide
GENEVA (AP) — Families in a tiny Swiss village were packing up Wednesday after authorities issued an evacuation order with a weekend deadline because of the threat of a possible rockslide from an Alpine mountainside overhead. Authorities in charge of the eastern village of Brienz...
As Russian forces close in on Kurakhove, hundreds of residents remain in the front-line city
KURAKHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Set on Ukraine's eastern front, Kurakhove is surrounded on three sides, with Russian forces just under 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the devastated city center. Yet between 700 and 1,000 local residents remain, most of them living in the...
Swiss villagers told to get ready to evacuate after Alpine rockslide alert -- again
GENEVA (AP) — Authorities in eastern Switzerland on Saturday ordered residents of a tiny village to prepare to evacuate as an Alpine rockslide looming overhead threatened to break loose and spill down on their homes. It was the second time that residents of Brienz received...
Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki unleashes towering columns of hot clouds
MAUMERE, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano spewed towering columns of hot ash high into the air Saturday, days after a huge eruption killed nine people and injured dozens of others. Activity at the volcano on the remote island of Flores, in East Nusa...
In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s eyes
It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.” As a Londoner, the German bombing raids on the city during World War II are never all that far from his mind. Reminders of it are everywhere. But the spark of inspiration...
El Salvador's congress approves sending troop contingent to Haiti
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress approved a proposal Wednesday to send a contingent of soldiers to Haiti under the auspices of the United Nations to handle medical evacuations in the troubled Caribbean nation. Patricia Aguilera, legal affairs director for...
Explosion confirmed at Camp Minden’s Goex facility, employees evacuated
MINDEN, La. (AP) — A small explosion Wednesday at a Louisiana plant that makes black powder is under investigation. No injuries were reported at Goex Industries LLC and all of its employees were evacuated shortly after the 7 a.m. blast, according to multiple media outlets. Estes...
Israeli strikes pound Lebanese coastal city after residents evacuate
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon's southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending up large clouds of black smoke, while Hezbollah confirmed that a top official widely expected to be the militant group's next leader had been killed in an Israeli strike. ...
A 60-year-old woman is arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after 3 found dead in British care home
LONDON (AP) — A 60-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter Wednesday after three people were found dead in a care home in southern England. The arrest was announced hours after Dorset police said they were investigating whether carbon monoxide poisoning caused the...
Israeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb
JERUSALEM (AP) — In all but the blink of an eye, an Associated Press photographer's camera captured the moments that a battleship-gray Israeli bomb plummeted toward a Beirut building before detonating to bring the tower down. The airstrike came 40 minutes after Israel warned...
