Sentences with phrase «mass evacuation order»
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — People in parts of three Florida counties faced mandatory evacuation orders Thursday and officials in two other counties issued voluntary orders to leave in advance of Hurricane Irma, a storm that could create one of the largest mass exoduses in U.S. history as additional evacuations are announced.
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Indonesian authorities ordered a mass evacuation of people Monday from an expanded danger zone around an erupting volcano on Bali that has forced the island's international airport to close, stranding tens of thousands of travelers.
Evacuations ordered in New York City New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo suspended all subway, rail and bus service in the city yesterday starting at 7 p.m., as the downstate region braced for the prospect of mass water intrusion into underground transit, high winds and dangerous coastal flooding.
The Indonesian authorities raised the volcano alert to its highest level Monday and ordered the mass evacuation of people on the island.
In early October, as Hurricane Matthew approached the southeastern United States and officials ordered mass evacuations, a group of right - wing commentators alleged that the Obama administration was conspiring to exaggerate hurricane forecasts in order to scare the public about climate change.