SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif.—Thousands of people rushed to get out of South Lake Tahoe as the entire tourist resort city came under evacuation orders and wildfire raced toward the large freshwater lake of Lake Tahoe, which straddles California and Nevada. Evacuation warnings issued for the resort city of 22,000 on Sunday turned into orders Monday….
Wildfire Forces Thousands to Flee Popular Lake Tahoe Resort
August 30, 2021
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France Held Talks With Taliban to Facilitate Evacuations: Foreign Ministry
PARIS—France has held talks with representatives of the Taliban in recent days in Kabul and in Doha to ease its ongoing evacuations from the Afghan capital, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban, had earlier said on Twitter that a French delegation had met the group in the Qatari…
Germany: Helicopters to Join Kabul Airlifts, Nearly 2,000 People Evacuated
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer announced on Saturday that the nation’s military has evacuated about 2,000 people from the capital of Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover last week. “The situation is difficult, but with our capabilities and everything that comes up on the ground, we will keep on taking out as many as possible,” Kramp-Karrenbauer…
More than 18,000 Evacuated From Kabul Airport: NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) announced that more than 18,000 people have been evacuated from Kabul since the Taliban terrorist group took over Afghanistan’s capital five days ago. NATO’s latest development comes as the White House updated its evacuation tally on Aug. 19, saying the United States has evacuated about 3,000 more people from…
Greece Wildfires: Winds Fan 2 New Blazes Outside of Athens
ATHENS, Greece—Fanned by strong winds, two new big wildfires erupted Monday in hard-hit Greece, triggering evacuation alerts for villages southeast and northwest of Athens—only days after blazes consumed large tracts of forest north of the Greek capital. Greece has been roiled by hundreds of wildfires this month. Other Mediterranean countries—Turkey, Italy, Algeria, and Spain among…
Dutch Military Plans to Send ‘Several Flights’ to Afghan Capital for Evacuations
A Dutch military plane is on the way to the Afghan capital to pick up people in Kabul following a Taliban takeover on Aug. 15, the country’s defense minister said on Monday. “A military plane is currently en route to becoming the first to evacuate interpreters, local embassy personnel, and families from Kabul,” Dutch Minister of…
Over 1,500 Evacuated in Southern Russia After Heavy Rains
MOSCOW—Heavy rains have flooded broad areas in southern Russia, forcing the evacuation of more than 1,500 people, officials said on Saturday. Authorities in the Krasnodar region said more than 1,400 houses have been flooded following storms and heavy rains that swept the area this week. About 108,000 residents of 11 settlements were left without power,…
Evacuations Lifted as Progress Made Against Fires in US West
BLY, Ore.—Firefighters in Oregon reported good progress in the battle against the nation’s largest wildfire, while authorities canceled evacuation orders near a major blaze in Northern California and another on Hawaii’s Big Island. Containment of the Bootleg Fire in remote southern Oregon was up to 84 percent late Sunday. It was 56 percent contained a…
More Evacuations Ordered in B.C. as Wildfires Flare, Fanned by Strong Winds
Residents in more areas of British Columbia have been forced from their homes indefinitely, this time by wildfires whipped up by strong winds in the southeastern part of the province. The Regional District of Central Kootenay has ordered more than 170 properties evacuated along a 10-kilometre strip of the Slocan River north of Appledale, near…
California Fire Prompts Evacuations; Oregon Blaze Balloons
July 18, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO—A rapidly growing wildfire south of Lake Tahoe jumped a highway, prompting more evacuation orders and the cancellation of an extreme bike ride through the Sierra Nevada on Saturday as critically dangerous wildfire weather loomed in the coming days. The Tamarack Fire, which was sparked by lightning on July 4, exploded overnight and was…
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