http://www.mail.com/subjects/168082-evacuations.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/168082-evacuations.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm. Cyclone Mahasan lost power as it shed huge amounts of rain and then veer... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html 2013-05-17T02:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds, and they dist... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html 2013-05-16T04:38:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088314-los-angeles-buildings-emptied-devices.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A police bomb squad detonated 17 homemade explosive devices found in an apartment on Wednesday after officers spotted an explosive liquid in a man's car during a routine traffic stop, authorities said. Robert Wilson, 29, was booked on felony possession of a destructive device, police Sgt. Rudy Lopez said. Authorities said there were no... Thu, 16 May 2013 01:43:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2088314-los-angeles-buildings-emptied-devices.html 2013-05-16T01:43:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086548-texas-firefighters-focused-concern-toxic-gases.html WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a catastrophe. They didn't know, and probably could not imagine, that the plant would soon explode into a deadly fireba... Wed, 15 May 2013 11:32:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2086548-texas-firefighters-focused-concern-toxic-gases.html 2013-05-15T11:32:13Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084358-boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-minority-capsize.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority group into the sea. Eight bodies were found and more than 50 people were missing and feared dead, the United Nations said. More than 100 people were aboard the boat when it set sail late... Wed, 15 May 2013 05:24:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084358-boats-carrying-fleeing-rohingya-minority-capsize.html 2013-05-15T05:24:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085356-teacher-removes-explosive-colorado-school.html DENVER (AP) — A teacher removed a suspicious package left inside a northern Colorado school that was later determined to be an active explosive, authorities said Tuesday. However, police in Lafayette were cautious about calling the teacher a hero. "That would not be a recommended protocol for the safety of the person carrying it," police Cmdr. Gene McCaus... Tue, 14 May 2013 18:35:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2085356-teacher-removes-explosive-colorado-school.html 2013-05-14T18:35:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2078734-smoke-forces-evacuation-white-house-west-wing.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room. President Barack Obama and his family were not affected by the incident, according to the White House. U.S. Secret Service spokesman Max Milien said that at about 7 ... Sat, 11 May 2013 13:26:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2078734-smoke-forces-evacuation-white-house-west-wing.html 2013-05-11T13:26:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2063326-report-train-with-chemicals-derails-belgium.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian media say that hundreds of people were evacuated after a train carrying chemicals derailed and caught fire in northern Belgium. Amateur video showed the train ablaze in the early hours of Saturday; in daylight, the train cars could be seen forming a zig-zag over the track. Media, citing a statement from the East Flanders government... Sat, 04 May 2013 19:55:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2063326-report-train-with-chemicals-derails-belgium.html 2013-05-04T19:55:48Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2057982-bangladesh-official-disaster-really-serious.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll in the factory-building collapse in Bangladesh rose to more than 530 on Saturday, a day after the country's finance minister downplayed the impact of the disaster on the garment industry, saying he didn't think it was "really serious." Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith spoke as the government cracked down on t... Sat, 04 May 2013 02:28:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2057982-bangladesh-official-disaster-really-serious.html 2013-05-04T02:28:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061926-nyc-to-add-640k-people-to-evacuation-zones.html NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane evacuation areas would encompass 640,000 more city residents, and the number of zones would double, under plans disclosed Friday. Details on the new zones won't be released until June, but the changes could mean neighborhoods around the city might newly be told to clear out ahead of future storms, even as the city grapples with f... Fri, 03 May 2013 22:46:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2061926-nyc-to-add-640k-people-to-evacuation-zones.html 2013-05-03T22:46:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058792-fire-forces-evacuation-campus-homes-calif.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wildfire fanned by a long day of Santa Ana winds raged along the edges of Southern California communities and coastal highways Thursday, forcing the evacuation of a university and hundreds of homes and threatening 2,000 more, officials said. The blaze erupted during morning rush hour along U.S. 101 in the Camarillo area about 50 miles... Fri, 03 May 2013 04:58:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2058792-fire-forces-evacuation-campus-homes-calif.html 2013-05-03T04:58:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2057512-wind-fueled-wildfire-erupts-east-los-angeles.html BANNING, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California wildfire fueled by strong winds was raging through 4½ square miles of Riverside County on Wednesday in the biggest of a series of statewide fires that broke out amid dry, gusty conditions. The fast-moving wildfire about 90 miles east of Los Angeles broke out just after noon and was moving westward through large... Thu, 02 May 2013 06:42:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2057512-wind-fueled-wildfire-erupts-east-los-angeles.html 2013-05-02T06:42:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043308-toll-bangladesh-building-collapse-climbs-to-275.html SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — "Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ruins of the garment factory building where he worked. "I want to live," he pleaded, his eyes glistening with tears as he spoke of his two young children. "It's so painful here." Alta... Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:02:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2043308-toll-bangladesh-building-collapse-climbs-to-275.html 2013-04-26T03:02:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044866-3-burned-critically-when-ala-barges-explode.html MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Firefighters on Thursday extinguished a huge blaze that erupted hours earlier when two fuel barges exploded, leaving three people with critical burns and forcing the evacuation of crew from a nearby cruise ship. The cause of the explosions remained under investigation, but investigators believe it was likely from a spark caused by a cr... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:53:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2044866-3-burned-critically-when-ala-barges-explode.html 2013-04-25T18:53:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2043452-fire-hours-fuel-barges-explode-ala.html MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Firefighters on Thursday extinguished a huge blaze that erupted hours earlier when two fuel barges exploded in Mobile, Ala., leaving three people with critical burns and forcing the evacuation of crew from a nearby cruise ship. The cause of the fire, which started Wednesday night, remained under investigation, but it was believed to be... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:07:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2043452-fire-hours-fuel-barges-explode-ala.html 2013-04-25T13:07:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2032966-residents-allowed-texas-blast.html WEST, Texas (AP) — Stranded families growing weary and frustrated since a deadly Texas fertilizer plant explosion left them barricaded from their battered homes finally began returning Saturday, but only under a curfew and strict warnings to not wander beyond their own yards. Authorities gave the much-awaited OK after a nervous morning. Emergency workers ... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 01:42:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2032966-residents-allowed-texas-blast.html 2013-04-21T01:42:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030388-floodwaters-rising-storms-deluge-heartland.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — Flood fighters from small Mississippi River hamlets to the suburbs of Chicago staged a feverish battle Friday to hold back raging rivers, after days of torrential rains soaked much of the Midwest. Mississippi River communities in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri are expected to see significant flooding — some near-record levels — by the weeken... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:24:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030388-floodwaters-rising-storms-deluge-heartland.html 2013-04-19T22:24:55Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028372-rockies-to-rust-belt-storm-brings-extremes.html ST. LOUIS (AP) — A powerful spring storm system stretching from southern Texas to northern Michigan unleashed a wave of weather extremes on the Midwest on Thursday and threatened to bring its mix of hard rains, high winds and severe thunderstorms to the East by the weekend. The massive system was wreaking havoc from the Rockies to the Rust Belt, and offic... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:16:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028372-rockies-to-rust-belt-storm-brings-extremes.html 2013-04-19T03:16:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027656-crews-seek-survivors-bodies-texas-blast.html WEST, Texas (AP) — Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while the community awaited word on the number of dead. Initial reports put the fatalities as high as 15, but later in the day, ... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:49:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2027656-crews-seek-survivors-bodies-texas-blast.html 2013-04-19T01:49:20Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029020-key-facts-plant-explosion-west-texas.html A fertilizer plant exploded in the small Central Texas farming community of West, about 20 miles north of Waco, leaving as many as 15 people dead and at least 160 injured. A look at the facts: THE EXPLOSION Three to five volunteer firefighters and a constable responded at 7:29 p.m. Wednesday to a blaze at the West Fertilizer Co. Firefighters recognized t... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:44:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2029020-key-facts-plant-explosion-west-texas.html 2013-04-18T18:44:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2027136-dozens-hurt-fatal-texas-fertilizer-plant-blast.html WEST, Texas (AP) — Rescue workers searched rubble that witnesses compared to a warzone early Thursday for survivors of a fertilizer plant explosion in a small Texas town that injured dozens of people and killed an unknown number of others. The blast left the factory a smoldering ruin and leveled buildings for blocks in every direction. The explosion in do... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:36:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2027136-dozens-hurt-fatal-texas-fertilizer-plant-blast.html 2013-04-18T09:36:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010340-alert-to-congress-nuclear-evacuation-bog.html Regulators and congressional investigators clashed Wednesday over a new report warning that in the event of an accident at a nuclear plant, panicking residents from outside the official evacuation zone might jam the roads and prevent others from escaping. The report by the Government Accountability Office, which acts as the investigative arm of Congress, ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:08:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2010340-alert-to-congress-nuclear-evacuation-bog.html 2013-04-10T20:08:42Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995428-argentina-flooding-torrential-rains-kill-52.html LA PLATA, Argentina (AP) — At least 52 people drowned in their homes and cars, were electrocuted or died in other accidents as flooding from days of torrential rains swamped Argentina's low-lying capital and province of Buenos Aires. At least 46 died Wednesday in and around the city of La Plata, Gov. Daniel Scioli said. Six deaths were reported a day earl... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 22:14:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995428-argentina-flooding-torrential-rains-kill-52.html 2013-04-03T22:14:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988754-eiffel-tower-evacuated-bomb-threat.html PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower was evacuated Saturday night after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat, police said. Nearly 1,400 people were sent away from the tourist attraction following a request from tower operators after the warning, a Paris police official said. Police then searched the monument with sniffer dogs, and set up a security perime... Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:21:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1988754-eiffel-tower-evacuated-bomb-threat.html 2013-03-30T22:21:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html Forty years ago, soldiers returning from Vietnam were advised to change into civilian clothes on their flights home because of fears they would be accosted by protesters after they landed. For a Vietnamese businessman who helped the U.S. government, a rising sense of panic set in as the last combat troops left the country on March 29, 1973 and he began to contemplate what he... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 03:44:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1984880-40-years-on-vietnam-troop-withdrawal-remembered.html 2013-03-29T03:44:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1962090-explosives-safely-removed-ucf-dorm.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A college student killed himself in a dorm at the University of Central Florida and investigators found explosives and guns in the room early Monday, authorities said, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of students and cancellation of morning classes. University spokesman Grant Heston said normal campus operations resumed around no... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 17:56:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1962090-explosives-safely-removed-ucf-dorm.html 2013-03-18T17:56:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1959114-early-wildfire-chars-up-to-1000-acres-colo.html FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The wildfire season that Coloradans have been nervously awaiting arrived in a wind-whipped frenzy in the foothills near Fort Collins. The year's first major along the populous Front Range was spotted late Friday morning and raced across 750 to 1,000 acres by Friday night. More than 50 homes were threatened, and authorities issue... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 07:46:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1959114-early-wildfire-chars-up-to-1000-acres-colo.html 2013-03-16T07:46:15Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1958418-colo-fire-burns-erratic-winds-threatens-homes.html FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A wildfire driven by erratic winds charred up to 1,000 acres and threatened more than 50 homes in northern Colorado on Friday, prompting hundreds of evacuation orders. Firefighters saved two homes and a state park visitors' center from flames, authorities said. They said no homes had been destroyed. The fire began Friday west of... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:17:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1958418-colo-fire-burns-erratic-winds-threatens-homes.html 2013-03-16T03:17:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1937532-late-winter-storm-sweeps-england.html BOSTON (AP) — A late-winter storm that buried parts of the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic swept into New England on Thursday, bringing snow, rain, strong winds, big waves and fears of coastal flooding. The region braced for the brunt of the storm overnight Thursday and into Friday. Powerful waves and high winds were expected to cause more trouble than snow from... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:37:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1937532-late-winter-storm-sweeps-england.html 2013-03-08T02:37:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1902646-gas-leak-reported-blast-leveled-restaurant.html KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A day after a natural gas explosion leveled a popular restaurant, investigators raced to search the rubble and tried to understand how the blast happened despite suspicions that flammable fuel had been leaking, maybe for weeks, somewhere in the busy outdoor shopping area. Hours before the explosion, witnesses reported a strong smel... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 03:41:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1902646-gas-leak-reported-blast-leveled-restaurant.html 2013-02-21T03:41:27Z