Canada is relocating its efforts to get stranded Canadians out of Sudan from the capital to a distant port city as violence continues to escalate between the country’s army and a powerful paramilitary group. Defence Minister Anita Anand says about 550 people left Sudan on six military-run flights from the country’s main airport in Khartoum…
Canada Moving Sudan Evacuation Operations to Port City as Conflict Continues
32,000 Residents Told to Evacuate or Issued Warnings as Australia Faces Fourth Flooding Event of 2022
Thousands of residents in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are evacuating yet again as intense rainfall sees rivers north and west of Sydney swell and threaten to inundate their communities. Currently, 32,000 people have been told to evacuate or issued warnings with 71 evacuation orders and 64 warnings in place as heavy…
32,000 Australians Told to Evacuate as Sydney Faces Fourth ‘Once in a 100 Year’ Flooding Event
Thousands of residents in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) are evacuating yet again as intense rainfall sees rivers north and west of Sydney swell and threaten to inundate their communities. Currently, 32,000 people have been told to evacuate or issued warnings with 71 evacuation orders and 64 warnings in place as heavy…
Evacuation Order Lifted After Chemical Leak at Texas Plant
LA PORTE, Texas—An evacuation order has been lifted in an industrial area of a Houston-area city following a chemical release earlier in the week. Dow Chemical said Thursday there’s “no longer a risk of community impact” in areas surrounding its chemical plant in La Porte, about 25 miles east of Houston. A tank-truck trailer over-pressurized…
Hundreds More Ordered out of Their Homes in B.C. by Threatening Wildfires
Hundreds more British Columbians have joined the thousands already forced from their homes by wildfires as several local governments ordered residents to get out Tuesday night ahead of nearby blazes. The Regional District of Kootenay Boundary declared a local state of emergency and ordered 122 properties evacuated, while residents in another 304 properties have been…
Additional Wildfire Evacuation Orders Issued in B.C. Because of Wildfires
At least 160 properties have been ordered to evacuate as an aggressive wildfire burns in the south Okanagan. The Osoyoos Indian Band ordered the evacuation of more than 100 properties Monday because of the Inkaneep Creek wildfire on the band’s land, about six kilometres north of Osoyoos. The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen says flames were…
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