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    Japan to lift evacuation order in town hosting Fukushima plant

    26 Mar 2019

    Japan will for the first time next month lift an evacuation order in one of two towns where the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is located, officials said on Tuesday.

    Flood-hit Pakistan battles to avert overflow of biggest lake

    06 Sep 2022

    As many as 33 million people have been affected, with at least 1,325 dead, including 466 children, in the floods brought by record monsoon rains and melting glaciers in Pakistan's northern mountains, national disaster officials have said.

    Typhoon batters South Korea, forcing thousands to flee

    06 Sep 2022

    South Korean officials put the nation on alert about potential damages from flooding, landslides and tidal waves unleashed by Hinnamnor, which came just weeks after heavy rains in the region around the capital Seoul caused flooding that killed at least 14 people.

    Evacuation warnings after typhoon makes landfall in Japan

    19 Sep 2022

    The powerful system has weakened since arriving on land Sunday evening around Kagoshima city in the southwestern region of Kyushu, but it has still uprooted trees, smashed windows and left rivers close to overflowing.

    Putin likens Western sanctions to war as Russian assault traps Ukrainian civilians

    05 Mar 2022

    Russia and Ukraine traded blame over the failure to provide safe passage to civilians fleeing the two bombarded cities, on the 10th day of a war that has fuelled Europe's biggest humanitarian disaster in decades.

    Russia sets ceasefire for evacuations amid heavy shelling

    07 Mar 2022

    The limited ceasefire announcement came a day after hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians attempting to flee to safety were forced to shelter from Russian shelling of cities in Ukraine’s center, north and south.

    Deadly rain, floods force tens of thousands to flee their homes in Australia

    01 Mar 2022

    At least nine people have died and more than a thousand people have been rescued. Authorities have warned that more fatalities are likely. The latest victim was a woman in her 80s, whose body was found by police inside a home in the country town of Lismore.

    Australia flood toll rises to 20 as thousands evacuate Sydney

    08 Mar 2022

    The national weather bureau warned of "a tough 48 hours ahead" for Sydney, with 60,000 people subject to evacuation orders and warnings across the affected areas, according to emergency services.

    Two dead, more than 2,500 evacuated as Cyclone Sarai lashes Fiji

    29 Dec 2019

    The Fiji National Disaster Management Office said one person was in intensive care and more than 2,500 people had moved to 70 evacuation centres. The category two tropical cyclone is not expected to make landfall in Fiji, though its weather service has issued storm and flood warnings for parts of the country.

    Thousands flee after Philippine volcano erupts

    26 Mar 2022

    Taal volcano, which sits in a lake south of Manila, exploded with a "short-lived" burst at 7:22am (2322 GMT), the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said in a statement.

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