An "evacuation area" is a designated place where people are instructed to go to be safe during an emergency or disaster. It is a location away from danger that can provide shelter, protection, and necessary resources until the situation improves.
Sentences with «evacuation area»
We dispatched animal control officers into the affected areas to assist Sonoma County animal services to bring aid to affected livestock and wildlife in evacuation areas. (petalumaanimalshelter.org)
Anyone who stays to protect property is making a risk - versus - benefit choice that says the risk of a hurricane — which in a mandatory evacuation area includes the risk of dying — doesn't feel as big as the benefit of protecting your replaceable physical belongings. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Ulster lies in the 45 - mile radius evacuation area, as noted by several legislators. (hudsonvalleyone.com)