In a country that relies heavily on visitors, hotels faced repeated evacuations, and one resort was temporarily shut.
Tag: Evacuations and Evacuees
Iceland Volcano Erupts in Plumes of Fire With Little Notice
The authorities said the eruption on Saturday night was the most powerful of a series that started in December.
Chile Wildfires Prompt Evacuations Along Coast
Several communities in the Valparaíso region were being evacuated. Fires along the coast killed more than 100 people last month.
Two Hospitals in Southern Gaza Are Left Barely Functioning
An Israeli raid reduced one of the territory’s biggest facilities to little more than a shelter, while food and fuel are almost gone at another.
Avdiivka, Longtime Stronghold for Ukraine, Falls to Russia
With Ukraine’s forces at risk of encirclement, the top military commander ordered a retreat. In startlingly candid accounts, soldiers described disarray and despair.
Terrified Gazans Await an Israeli Advance in the City They Fled To
Israel has asked the military to come up with plans to evacuate Gazans, but it isn’t clear where they are supposed to go or when Israel’s ground invasion might begin.
Wildfires on Chile’s Coast Kill At Least 112 and Leave Hundreds Missing
Officials are warning of major destruction and loss of life after fast-moving fires swept through central Chile’s coastal hills.
U.N. Shelter in Gaza’s Khan Younis Is Struck, Killing at Least 9
United Nations officials said a building that was being used as a shelter by about 800 people had been “clearly marked” as one of their facilities. Israel denied responsibility.
Powerful Waves Slam U.S. Army Base in the Marshall Islands
A video circulating on social media showed water rushing into a room at U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll as a series of unexpected waves surged across the low-lying island of Roi-Namur.