Evacuation
- Middle East
Israeli evacuation order causes large-scale displacement in central Gaza
Gaza: Thousands of Palestinians were displaced from the Bureij refugee camp and its outskirts in the central Gaza Strip following an Israeli evacuation order, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA has reported.…
- Middle East
UN says 90% of Gazans displaced at least once as more evacuations ordered
United Nations: UN humanitarians have said 90 per cent of Gazans were displaced, some multiple times, as more evacuations were ordered and poor or no security hampers aid and fuel deliveries. The…
- India
Nearly 2k households evacuated amid potential floods in Myanmar
Yangon: Nearly 2,000 households in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State have been evacuated as the Ayeyarwady River overflowed above the danger mark due to heavy rains, according to the Kachin state government on…
- India
Rescue operations in Sikkim end with evacuation of remaining 158 stranded tourists
Gangtok: The rescue operations in North Sikkim ended on Wednesday with the evacuation of the remaining 158 stranded tourists, a senior official said. Mangan District Magistrate Hem Kumar Chettri said that all…
- India
Evacuation of 1,200 stranded tourists in Sikkim likely to begin on Monday
Gangtok: The evacuation of more than 1,200 tourists stranded in Sikkim’s Mangan district might begin on Monday if the weather permits, as it could not take place during the day due to…
- India
Evacuation of stranded tourists from Sikkim may begin on Sunday
Gangtok: More than 1,200 tourists stranded in Sikkim’s Mangan district due to disruption in road and communication network may be evacuated on Sunday if the weather permits, a state government statement said.…
- India
Hundreds of villages in Punjab, Himachal inundated; evacuation underway
Chandigarh: Hundreds of villages in Punjab located along the swollen Satluj and Beas rivers were inundated on Wednesday with the opening of floodgates of the crucial Bhakra and Pong dams as the…
- Delhi
Yamuna swells further in Delhi, evacuation begins
New Delhi: The Yamuna in Delhi has exceeded the evacuation mark of 206 metres, prompting the relocation of people residing in flood-prone areas to safer locations, officials said on Tuesday. The river…
- Pakistan
Life returns to normal as cyclone Biparjoy ‘largely spares’ Pakistan
Islamabad: Authorities in Pakistan’s Sindh said that normal activities can resume from Saturday as the threat of cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea off the coasts of the province has been averted…
- India
Cyclone Biparjoy: Reluctant residents of Kutch village finally agree to evacuation
Salaya: Of some 70 villages in the coastal area of Gujarat’s Kutch district, people of Salaya are the last to shift to safe shelters in the face of the approaching cyclone Biparjoy.…
- India
Cyclone Biparjoy: Authorities face reluctance of villagers in coastal Kutch
Ashirwada: Hundreds of people are being evacuated from coastal villages in Kutch district in view of cyclone Biparjoy but authorities are facing a challenge as many villagers are reluctant to leave their…
- India
Evacuation underway as cyclone Biparjoy nears Gujarat coast
Kutch: As cyclone Biparjoy advances towards the Gujarat coast with a projected landfall near Jakhau port in the Kutch district, efforts to evacuate thousands of people to safer places are underway on…
- Pakistan
Pakistan govt orders mass evacuation ahead of cyclone landfall
Karachi: The Pakistan authorities on Monday started evacuation efforts to move 80,000 citizens from the low-lying coastal areas in the southern Sindh province as the fast-approaching severe Cyclone Biparjoy is likely to…
- World
118,000 evacuated from Ukraine since Aug 2022
Kiev: Some 118,000 people have been evacuated from conflict-affected regions in Ukraine since August 2022, the government press service has said in a statement. In particular, about 70,000 people have moved from…
- India
Centre denied request for flights to evacuate Mizoram residents from Manipur: Official
Aizawl: A senior Mizoram official on Saturday claimed that the Centre has turned down the state’s request to provide flights to evacuate its residents stranded in violence-hit Manipur. The Mizoram government has…
