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evacuation

noun as in removal

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noun as in withdrawal

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Sheriff Robert Luna said Tuesday that the department had dozens of deputies assisting with evacuations that night.

The Center for Biological Diversity and others advocate for a “hands-off” approach to California’s forests and urge management of the wildfire crisis through home hardening and evacuation planning alone.

A series of systemic and human failures prevented speedy evacuations in the first hours of the Eaton fire.

“Its purpose is to assess the County’s alert and evacuation systems … and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen future response efforts.”

The first episode of 2025 was heavy on references to Los Angeles, with the fires leading Chappelle’s monologue and the first skit centered on an evacuation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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