BANGKOK: A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday (March 28), causing buildings to sway.
UISEONG COUNTY, South Korea (Reuters) - Wildfires expanded in South Korea's southeast region on Tuesday, threatening a world heritage site and forcing thousands more residents to evacuate their homes.
Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate and damaging a number of homes as hundreds of firefighters battled the widening blazes in the mountainous areas.
JOHOR BARU: The number of flood victims in Johor continues to increase with Batu Pahat being the latest district to be affected by the floods here.
A wildfire in northern Japan has damaged over 80 buildings and forced the evacuation of hundreds of residents, with military helicopters mobilised to help put it out, authorities said Thursday (Feb 27).
VIENNA (Reuters) -Police evacuated Vienna's main train station on Monday over an unspecified threat, halting rail traffic before giving the all clear around 90 minutes later, but national rail company OBB warned continued delays and cancellations were expected.
KOTA BARU: Three temporary evacuation centres have been opened in Tanah Merah involving 62 people from 17 families as of 10pm, Tuesday night.
Authorities raised the alert level for an eastern volcano to its highest level, widening an exclusion zone and ordering half a dozen villages to evacuate before a possible eruption.
GODSTONE, England (Reuters) - A large sinkhole has appeared in a southern English village, swallowing up at least one garden and forcing authorities to evacuate residents from around 30 homes.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- An investigation by the Los Angeles Times has raised new questions about why it took so long to issue evacuation warnings to parts of Los Angeles region devastated by the deadly Eaton Fire earlier this month, said the biggest newspaper in U.S. West Coast on Tuesday.
CASTAIC, California (Reuters) -A new wildfire that broke out north of Los Angeles on Wednesday rapidly spread to more than 9,400 acres (38 square km), fueled by strong winds and dry brush, forcing mandatory evacuation orders for more than 31,000 people.
KUALA LUMPUR: The flood situation in Sarawak has slightly improved this morning, while in Sabah, the number of evacuees at temporary evacuation centres (PPS) has increased compared to Saturday night (Feb 1).
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A fire at an energy storage facility of the Moss Landing Power Plant near Monterey Bay, the U.S. state of California, forced evacuations Thursday night.
TERNATE, Indonesia: Thousands of people declined on Thursday (Jan 16) a government-led evacuation in eastern Indonesia where a volcano has been spewing smoke and ash, arguing that they are accustomed to the eruptions.
IPOH: The district of Larut Matang and Selama was hit by floods on Saturday (Jan 25) morning, forcing 42 victims from 15 families to seek shelter at the temporary relief centre (PPS) at Dewan Orang Ramai Simpang Halt.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds more people were expected to leave Greece's Santorini island on Wednesday as tremors shook the popular summer tourist destination for a sixth day.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- About 92,000 people remain under mandatory evacuation orders due to the Los Angeles wildfires in the western United States, and another 89,000 are under evacuation warnings, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna told reporters on Monday.
KUCHING: The number of flood victims in Sarawak remains unchanged at 123 people from 34 families this morning, with two temporary relief centres (PPS) still operating in the Betong and Bintulu divisions.
HOUSTON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua)-- Four passengers were injuried after a Delta flight had to be evacuated on the tarmac at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Friday, airport officials confirmed.
THE iconic Riviera Country Club is being threatened while in the mandatory evacuation zone for the Pacific Palisades fire northwest of Los Angeles.