Latest Evacuations News

Passenger plane catches fire at South Korean airport. All 176 people on board are evacuated

Jan. 29, 2025 09:58 AM EST

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A passenger plane caught fire before takeoff at an airport in South Korea late Tuesday, but all 176 people on board were safely evacuated, authorities said. The Airbus plane operated by South Korean airline Air Busan was preparing to leave for Hong Kong...

1 dead after a house explosion in West Virginia

Jan. 27, 2025 12:52 PM EST

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A house has exploded in a West Virginia neighborhood, killing one man and prompting nearby homes to be evacuated, officials said. Firefighters responded to a report of a house explosion in the Chestnut Hills community of Clarksburg on Sunday. When they...

French residents rescued from flooded homes by boat as Storm Herminia hits Normandy and Brittany

Jan. 27, 2025 11:15 AM EST

RENNES, France (AP) — Residents in western France used boats to escape their flooded homes on Monday as rivers and waterways broke their banks after successive storms battered Normandy and Brittany. The national weather service had issued flood and wind warnings as Storm Herminia...