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On Sumatra island, a fire razed nearly 300 homes, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate, an official said Tuesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

Workers in the city’s financial district, students at some international schools and diplomats were ordered to evacuate or take shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Long Beach ordered some Peninsula residents to evacuate and Newport Beach temporarily closed its beaches and piers as Tropical Storm Rachel neared Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026

Hurricane Isaias has made landfall in the US state of Florida and is expected to bring life-threatening flooding and winds that have forced thousands to evacuate.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

When the first two tsunami warnings, predicting 10-and 20-foot waves, were announced on TV, he ordered all workers to evacuate to either the seismic isolated building or high ground.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

But in France, Marielle Mourgeon was among 4,000 people forced to cut holidays short in the seaside village of Lacanau, near Bordeaux, after authorities ordered camping sites evacuates as a precaution.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Six medics move up and down the narrow corridor between two rows of three beds that run the length of the bus, which is part of Ukraine's Hospitallers Medical Battalion that evacuates troops across Ukraine.

From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023

Project Dynamo, a US-based non-profit that evacuates American civilians from risky situations abroad, has warned Mr Murekezi could face the death penalty in Donetsk.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2022

Working with the Ukrainian aid group Vostok SOS, most of those he evacuates now from towns and cities such as Bakhmut, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk are elderly or ailing.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2022

From early spring until the middle of July or first of August the black-fly holds the territory; then it evacuates and is seen no more until next season, when it begins a new campaign.

From On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls by Lina Beard

As the house had been evacuated earlier, no one was killed or injured.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

About 4,700 people were evacuated in the City of London after a gas leak.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Five production platforms and one drilling rig remained evacuated, according to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Her family was in Philadelphia, and she barely knew her new colleagues, but she was suddenly responsible for an institution where staff members were being evacuated and employees or their relatives lost homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Zeitoun’s earlier assumption—that they were being evacuated by force—seemed to be confirmed.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Oil companies operating in the Gulf are used to temporarily cutting production and evacuating personnel from their rigs given the frequency of storms in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

County fire and sheriff’s officials “caused a major gap in communication and a lag in response,” the consequences of which would become clear as incident command fell behind on evacuating west Altadena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The concentration of renewables projects in the north-western states of Gujarat and Rajasthan has also compounded the challenge of evacuating power in the face of such grid shortages.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

A headteacher has told how he saved 900 pupils' lives from the Nepal floods - by quickly evacuating them just 10 minutes before the waters hit.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

There are no windows upstairs, but the lights have been left on, probably by someone hastily evacuating.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins