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WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in central Berlin

By AFP

Berlin - German police began evacuating thousands of people around Berlin's central railway station on Friday, as bomb disposal experts prepare to move in to defuse an unexploded World War II explosive unearthed on a building site.

WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in central Berlin

By AFP

Berlin - The planned disposal of an unexploded World War II bomb Friday will force a mass evacuation around Berlin's central railway station and likely spark transport chaos in the German capital.

WWII bomb to force mass evacuation in central Berlin Friday

By AFP

Berlin - The discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb will force a mass evacuation around Berlin's central railway station Friday, covering several government ministries and a hospital, police said.

Hotels and Bolshoi evacuated in Moscow bomb alerts

By AFP

Moscow - The Bolshoi theatre was evacuated on Sunday, along with major Moscow shops and hotels, after a series of bomb alerts in the Russian capital, local news agencies reported."This is another wave of anonymous calls about bombs...

Some IS foreign fighters have left Raqa under deal: local official

By AFP

Ak - Some foreign Islamic State group fighters have left the one-time jihadist bastion of Raqa in Syria under a deal as the city's capture nears, a local official said Sunday.

Foreign, Syrian IS fighters to evacuate Raqa in deal: local official

By AFP

Yildiz - Syrian and foreign Islamic State group fighters are to evacuate their one-time bastion Raqa as part of an agreement brokered by tribal leaders, a senior local official told AFP Saturday.

All Florida residents 'should be prepared to evacuate': governor

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Miami - Florida Governor Rick Scott warned Friday that all of the state's 20 million inhabitants should be prepared to evacuate as Hurricane Irma bears down for a direct hit on the southern US state."The storm is powerful and deadly," Scott said.

2,200 evacuate rebel-held Damascus district

By AFP

Damascus - More than 2,200 civilians and rebels evacuated an opposition district in Damascus on Sunday, state media said, bringing the government closer to cementing its control over the Syrian capital.

First evacuations from Damascus rebel district

By AFP

Damascus - Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating from a district of Damascus for the first time on Monday, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the capital.

First evacuations from Damascus rebel district

By AFP

Damascus - Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating from a district of Damascus for the first time on Monday, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the capital.

First evacuations from Damascus rebel district

By AFP

Damascus - Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating from a district of Damascus for the first time on Monday, bringing the government closer to recapturing all of the capital.

Scared Syria evacuees stuck at site of deadly bombing

By AFP

Birut - Hundreds of frightened Syrian evacuees from two besieged government-held towns were stuck at a rebel-held transit point on Thursday where dozens of their fellow townspeople were killed in a weekend bombing.

Syria evacuations resume after deadly bombing

By AFP

Aleppo - The evacuation of civilians and fighters from besieged Syrian towns resumed on Wednesday after a weekend bombing at a transit point killed 126 people, 68 of them children, an AFP correspondent reported.

Syria car bombing kills at least 24 evacuees

By AFP

Birut - A suicide car bombing killed at least 24 people Saturday in an attack near buses for Syrians evacuated from two besieged government-held towns, a monitor said.

Thousands of Syria evacuees stuck on road as deal falters

By AFP

Birut - Thousands of Syrians being evacuated from four besieged towns were still stuck on the road on Saturday a day after leaving their homes, as the hard-won deal ran into trouble.

Evacuation of Syria towns begins with prisoner exchange

By AFP

Birut - A deal to evacuate four besieged Syrian towns began on Wednesday with an exchange of prisoners between rebels and government forces, local sources and state media said.

Evacuation of Syria towns begins with prisoner exchange

By AFP

Birut - A deal to evacuate four besieged Syrian towns began on Wednesday with an exchange of prisoners between rebels and government forces, local sources and state media said.

Evacuation of Syria towns begins with prisoner exchange

By AFP

Birut - A deal to evacuate four besieged Syrian towns began on Wednesday with an exchange of prisoners between rebels and government forces, local sources and state media said.

Evacuation of last rebel-held district of Syria's Homs begins

By AFP

Homs - Hundreds of rebels and civilians began leaving the last opposition-held district of Syria's Homs on Saturday under a controversial deal that will bring the whole city under government control.

Evacuation of last rebel-held district of Syria's Homs begins

By AFP

Homs - Hundreds of rebels and civilians began leaving the last opposition-held district of Syria's Homs on Saturday under a controversial deal that will bring the whole city under government control.

70,000 being evacuated in Greece as WWII bomb defused

By AFP

Thessalon - Greek authorities on Saturday began evacuating some 70,000 people in the city of Thessaloniki ahead of an operation to defuse a bomb from World War II.

Russia says operation to evacuate rebel Aleppo 'complete'

By AFP

Moscow - Russia's defence ministry on Friday announced it has finished evacuating rebels and their family members from Syria's Aleppo, with only "radical and intransigent" militants left inside."The (Russian) operation...

Evacuation of rebel Aleppo continues through night

By AFP

Birut - Thousands of traumatised civilians and fighters poured out of rebel Aleppo through the night as a fragile evacuation operation entered a second day on Friday, the Red Cross said.

Evacuation of rebel-held Aleppo delayed

By AFP

Aleppo - The evacuation of civilians and rebels from remaining opposition-held territory in east Aleppo was delayed by several hours on Wednesday morning, an AFP journalist in the city reported.

India-Pakistan tensions stir villagers' wartime memories

By AFP

Abupura - As he surveyed his largely deserted village along India's border with Pakistan, Kuldeep Singh cast his mind to his childhood when his home was on the frontline of a full-blown war between the two arch rivals.

300 Syrians leave rebel town under Daraya deal

By AFP

- More than 300 Syrians living in the opposition-held Moadimayet al-Sham district after fleeing fighting in rebel-held Daraya were evacuated on Friday under a deal with the government, state media reported.

Rebels, families start evacuation of Syria's Daraya: AFP

By AFP

- Syrian rebels and their families began evacuating the town of Daraya outside the capital Damascus on Friday, under a deal agreed with the government after a four-year army siege.

California wildfire puts 82,000 at risk

By AFP

Los Angeles - A fire raging east of Los Angeles spread rapidly Wednesday, posing a threat to more than 82,000 people and prompting the governor of California to declare a state of emergency.

Sudan starts evacuating its nationals from S.Sudan

By AFP

Khartoum - Dozens of Sudanese arrived in Khartoum from Juba Friday as Sudan began evacuating at least 3,000 of its nationals from South Sudan, which split from the north five years ago.

Sick workers evacuated in daring South Pole rescue

By AFP

Washington - Two sick workers evacuated from a remote US research station near the South Pole have reached Chile after a risky rescue mission carried out in the dead of Antarctica's winter, US officials said.

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During the war, children were evacuated from the cities into the countryside due to risk of bombing.

Tim Sandle

An aerial view of South Iredell High School.

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GETTING OUT: Cars back up on southbound Highway 63 in Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Wednesday as thousands of residents flee an out-of-control wildfire believed to have mostly destroyed the city in Canada's oil sands region.

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Please don't forget your pets. They need to be taken to safety, too.

Red Cross

Pet being evacuated during Hurricane Sandy

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More than 600 evacuees from Ocean City, Md. were housed in the Maryland National Guard's Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore Md

The National Guard

Liberty Island in New York Harbor was evacuated on Friday, April 24, 2015, after officials received a bomb threat.

Breaking News 2015

Master-at-Arms 1st Class Michael Dozier weighs down a sign directing evacuees to the welcome center security training building 266 at Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss.

U.S. Navy