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Evacuations

Sandy Fire Burns Above Simi Valley, Forcing Large Evacuations

Pushed by offshore winds into dry brush, the blaze forced mass evacuations with hundreds of firefighters and aircraft fighting containment.

Containment Grows on South Georgia Wildfires as Kemp Surveys Damage

South Georgia Wildfires Level Nearly 90 Homes as Two Major Blazes Burn Largely Uncontained

Japan Lifts Tsunami Alerts After 7.5+ Offshore Quake, Cites Slight Rise in Mega-Quake Risk

Hawaii Begins Recovery After Two Kona Lows Bring Worst Flooding in 20 Years

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Eruption Sends 30,000-Foot Ash Plume, Triggers Park and Highway Closures

Waters Recede in Washington and B.C., Highway 1 Reopens as Next Storms Near

Tsunami Warnings Lifted After Powerful Quake Off Northeast Japan

Hong Kong Hoists Signal No. 10 as Super Typhoon Ragasa Skirts City, Mass Evacuations Ordered in Guangdong

Tsunami Warnings Downgraded After Magnitude-8.8 Quake Off Kamchatka

Heavy Monsoon Floods Kill 30 in Beijing and Force 80,000 to Evacuate

South Korea Designates Special Disaster Zones After Monsoon Floods Kill 19

Typhoon Wipha Prompts Hong Kong’s Highest Storm Signal and Grounds Over 500 Flights

Flash Flood Warnings Persist in New York and New Jersey After Torrential Rains

Europe Swelters as Early-Summer Heatwave Triggers Wildfires, Closures and Deaths