Hundreds of Jews from the United States and elsewhere have been evacuated from Israel aboard a cruise ship to Cyprus. The island nation has become a transit point for those being evacuated from Israel or Israelis wishing to return home after being stranded abroad. Approximately 6,500 people are in Cyprus attempting to reach Israel. Initially, 2,400 passengers aboard Israel-bound flights were stranded in Cyprus after their aircraft were abruptly diverted last week to avoid the Israel-Iran conflict. Since then, thousands more have traveled to Cyprus, the nearest European country, as a stopover, hoping to find a flight or a chartered boat that will take them back home.
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LEMBATA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted with giant ash and smoke plumes again Wednesday after forcing evacuatio…
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — More than 20,000 residents were being evacuated from part of Cologne's city center on Wednesday as specialists prepare…
Mount Etna has again captivated the world with a spectacular show. The volcano that towers over eastern Sicily spewing smoke and ash high into the air. But the defining event of Monday’s eruption was the more rare pyroclastic flow from the southwestern crater not visible from a distance. The volcano is Europe’s most active and the continent’s largest. Etna attracts hikers and backpackers to its slopes while less adventurous tourists can take it in from a distance. Etna’s latest eruption caused neither injuries nor evacuations. But it sent a group of tourists on its flanks running.
More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S. Most of the evacuated residents were from Manitoba, which declared a state of emergency last week. About 17,000 there were evacuated by Saturday along with 1,300 in Alberta. About 8,000 people in Saskatchewan had been relocated but leaders there warned the number could climb in the coming days. Smoke was worsening air quality and reducing visibility in Canada and into some U.S. states along the border.
Wildfires burning across central Canada force additional evacuation orders and more shelters to open
FLIN FLON, Manitoba (AP) — Roughly 17,000 residents in the Canadian province of Manitoba have been evacuated because of nearly two dozen activ…
GENEVA (AP) — A 64-year-old man remained missing Thursday after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside t…
A huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier has thundered down a Swiss Alpine mountainside. Authorities say it covered with mud or destroyed about 90% of a village that was evacuated earlier this month. Police say one person is missing. Swiss glaciologists have repeatedly expressed concerns about a thaw in recent years that's attributed in large part to global warming. It has accelerated the retreat of glaciers in Switzerland, which has the most glaciers in Europe. Wednesday's mudslide also blocked a river, so the situation could worsen.
GENEVA (AP) — Not quite a flying cow, but almost: Swiss authorities added livestock to the list of evacuees along with about 300 people moved …
Deir al-Balah, Gaza (AP) — Hospitals in Gaza say Israeli strikes overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 45 people, including several wom…