Americans fleeing Lebanon express regret (AP)

" BEIRUT, Lebanon - Anxious Americans hauled bulging suitcases down a rocky Lebanese beach and into the waiting hold of a U.S. Navy " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> U.S. Navy landing craft Friday as the accelerating U.S. evacuation moved thousands away from...

Mobile technology aids Swedish evacuation

By Thursday morning, almost all Swedish citizens had been evacuated from Lebanon [...] In the last week we have sent out five text messages to everyone in Lebanon who is registered with a Swedish mobile network.

1,000 Americans flee Lebanon on ship (AP)

" 8 minutes ago BEIRUT, Lebanon - An eight-deck cruise liner carrying more than 1,000 Americans sailed out of Beirut's port Wednesday, the first mass U.S. evacuation from Lebanon since Israeli airstrikes started more than a week ago. The U.S. Marine general coordinating the...

Canada asks for safe passage of Lebanon rescue ships

"Canada wants Israel and Lebanon to guarantee they will not attack six ships scheduled to pick up Canadians stranded in the strife-torn country, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said. MacKay said six...

India issues tsunami warning for Andaman islands

"India issued a tsunami warning on Monday for its Andaman and Nicobar islands, which are located near Indonesia, officials said. The Indonesian island of Java was hit by a tsunami earlier in the day. "We have alerted all the people in the coastal areas but there is no...

U.S. Evacuation Teams Arrive in Lebanon

"U.S. security teams landed at the American embassy just outside Beirut on Sunday to plan the evacuation of some of the estimated 25,000 U.S. citizens living in war-torn Lebanon. Witnesses said two helicopters flew in from over the Mediterranean and landed on the embassy...

U.S. considers Lebanon evacuation plans (AP)

" ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - U.S. officials are monitoring violence in Lebanon hour-by-hour to decide whether to evacuate the estimated 25,000 Americans there, possibly to the neighboring Mediterranean island of Cyprus where they could board commercial planes. "We obviously...

Ecuador volcano erupts and 3,600 villagers flee

"Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spewed ash, gas and molten rock for a second day on Saturday, driving hundreds of evacuated villagers into nearby schools and churches in search of refuge"

Over 30 dead in Spain subway disaster

A subway train derailed and overturned in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Monday, killing at least 30 people and injuring about a dozen, a regional government spokesman said.

Thousands Evacuated In Northeast U.S. As Floods Kill 9

"Rivers and streams across the Northeast, swollen by days of heavy rain, are spilling over their banks, threatening to devastate communities from Virginia to Vermont. Thousands of people have been evacuated from...

Volcano's latest explosion forces evacuations

"The Philippines' restive Bulusan volcano spewed ash and pebbles in a new explosion Sunday, and officials said about 40 families living nearby would evacuate to a safer area.  The ash explosion was the...

NYC Subway Station Evacuated Due to Fire - Yahoo! News

NEW YORK - An apparent electrical fire in a subway storage room produced heavy smoke, forcing the evacuation of a busy Manhattan station and disrupting rush hour service for tens of thousands of commuters, authorities said.

New Hampshire Governor Declares State of Emergency

BOSTON (Reuters) - The worst floods to hit southern New Hampshire in 25 years killed at least three people, forced 1,000 people to evacuate their homes and prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency,...

Rita Strengthens to Category 5

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 21 - Hurricane Rita reached Category 5 intensity this afternoon, the severest storm designation, as it churned through the Gulf of Mexico on a course that could send it over coastal Texas and southwest Louisiana by Friday night. The storm whipped up winds...

Katrina Update: Bay St. Louis Evacuation Information

Anyone looking for information regarding the Dunbar Retirement Evacuation in Bay St.Louis. As well as River Chase Village. Both are Retirement Communities. And both were evacuated to Meridian Mississippi. The...

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