In Los Angeles, no return for “at least a week” for evacuees

In Los Angeles, no return for “at least a week” for evacuees

Tens of thousands of residents evacuated because of the fires that engulfed Los Angeles will have to wait “at least one more week” before returning, the authorities warned on Thursday, facing fears of landslides or exposure to toxic substances. “We have a discussion group where everyone complains, gets angry, and wonders why we continue to … Read more

Arson in Poitiers, a woman in absolute emergency, 19 evacuated

Arson in Poitiers, a woman in absolute emergency, 19 evacuated

A woman was hospitalized in absolute emergency after a fire of deliberate origin which also caused the evacuation of 19 residents on Sunday morning in Poitiers, in a district where several anti-drug operations took place recently, we learned from sources concordant. Shortly after 6:00 a.m., four fires were reported, “including three trash fires and a … Read more

Storm Trami in the Philippines: fourteen dead and tens of thousands evacuated

Storm Trami in the Philippines: fourteen dead and tens of thousands evacuated

At least 32,000 people fled their homes in the northern Philippines on Wednesday as Storm Trami, which has already killed fourteen people, approaches Luzon, the country’s main island, according to authorities. Torrential rains caused by Storm Trami have already turned streets into rivers, submerged entire villages and buried cars in volcanic mudslides in the Camarines … Read more

Floods in Ardèche: schools and nurseries evacuated in Annonay

Floods in Ardèche: schools and nurseries evacuated in Annonay

The town center of Annonay in Ardèche is flooded and schools and nurseries were evacuated Thursday morning following heavy rainfall which affected this department placed on red rain-flood alert, we learned from the town hall. “The entire flooded city center is evacuated”the town hall told AFP by telephone. In video images posted on social networks, … Read more

Houses evacuated in Bonifacio: prefectural decrees canceled by the courts

Houses evacuated in Bonifacio: prefectural decrees canceled by the courts

The prefectural evacuation orders for the risk of collapse of two emblematic houses located on the edge of a cliff in the upper town of Bonifacio (Southern Corsica), were canceled on Tuesday by the administrative court of Bastia, which judged them “disproportionate”. The court annulled these evacuation orders with a ban on occupation taken in … Read more

Lebanon: nearly 50 vulnerable French people evacuated to France

Lebanon: nearly 50 vulnerable French people evacuated to France

Nearly 50 French people “in a vulnerable situation” in Lebanon were evacuated to France, where they landed on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. “The Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, in conjunction with the Ministry of the Armed Forces, today allowed nearly 50 of our compatriots in vulnerable situations to return to France, … Read more