Evacuations
Emergency services outside the Aquatics Centre, at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, following a gas-related incident causing the area to be evacuated and cordoned off, in London, Wednesday March 23, 2022. A swimming pool in London’s Olympic park has been evacuated and several people were treated by ambulance workers after an incident involving a “release of gas.” The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London was built for the 2012 Games in London. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
29 hospitalized after London Olympic pool chlorine gas leak

Mar. 23, 2022 07:45 AM EDT

Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in Afidnes area, northern Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece Thursday as weather conditions worsened and firefighters in a round-the-clock battle stopped the flames just outside the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)
Resurgent wildfires in Greece burn homes, threaten monuments

By Derek Gatopoulos And Elena Becatoros Aug. 05, 2021 05:11 AM EDT

An Olympic worker is silhouetted against clouds at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium ahead of a baseball game between Japan and the Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Fukushima, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Fukushima laments a recovery without Olympic witnesses

By Jake Seiner Jul. 30, 2021 01:43 AM EDT

Residents leave Goma, Congo, by boat on Lake Kivu Thursday, May 27, 2021, five days after Mount Nyiragongo erupted. Evacuation orders were given for most of the town, fearing further eruptions and tremors. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)
Thousands evacuate Congo's Goma amid renewed volcano threat

By Justin Kabumba Katumwa And Al-Hadji Kudra Maliro May. 27, 2021 01:04 PM EDT

A cow runs through high tide water at the Digha beach on the Bay of Bengal coast as Cyclone Yaas intensifies in West Bengal state, India, Wednesday, May 26, 2021. Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of India's eastern coast as the cyclone pushed ashore Wednesday in an area where more than 1.1 million people have evacuated amid a devastating coronavirus surge. (AP Photo/Ashim Paul)
Cyclone lashes India, Bangladesh; 6 dead, 1.1M evacuated

By Ashok Sharma And Julhas Alam May. 25, 2021 09:53 PM EDT

Policemen ask people to move to cyclone shelters as they patrol a beach in Balasore district in Odisha, India, Tuesday, May 25, 2021. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated Tuesday in low-lying areas of two Indian states and moved to cyclone shelters to escape a powerful storm barreling toward the eastern coast. (AP Photo)
Thousands evacuated in India as strong cyclone approaches

May. 25, 2021 02:09 AM EDT

A woman walks through a waterlogged street in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 17, 2021. Cyclone Tauktae, roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19 vaccinations in one state. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Powerful cyclone hits land in India amid deadly virus surge

By Sheikh Saaliq May. 17, 2021 01:28 AM EDT

Guard sends helicopter to Bethel over flooding concerns

Apr. 26, 2021 10:17 PM EDT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska National Guard will station a Black Hawk helicopter and crew in Bethel as part of the state’s response to potential spring...

Wildfire scorches thousands of acres, force evacuations

Apr. 23, 2021 10:45 PM EDT
SAND LAKE, Mich. (AP) — Firefighters are battling a blaze that has blackened about thousands of acres in northeastern Michigan and has forced about 100 area...

In this photo provided by the San Policarpo Firestation, firemen and police push up a steel fence as they clear roads during rain caused by Typhoon Surigae in the municipality of San Policarpo, Eastern Samar, eastern Philippines on Sunday April 18, 2021. An approaching typhoon has left at least one person dead, another missing and prompted the evacuation of more than 100,000 people as a precaution in the eastern and central Philippines, although the unusual summer storm is not expected to blow into land, officials said Monday. (FO1 Marianne Jabinal/ San Policarpo Firestation via AP)
1 dead, 100,000 displaced as typhoon blows near Philippines

By Jim Gomez Apr. 19, 2021 05:28 AM EDT

In this 1902 photo provided by York Museums Trust, residents stand alongside a herd of goats in Georgetown, St. Vincent, in the aftermath of explosive eruptions of La Soufrière volcano. In 1902, the warnings of the fish sellers who experienced the volcano up close , were at first dismissed. (Tempest Anderson/York Museums Trust via AP)
Once again, volcanic Caribbean island looks to recovery

By Christopher Torchia Apr. 17, 2021 12:01 AM EDT

British, Canadian and U.S. nationals line up alongside the Royal Caribbean cruise ship Reflection to be evacuated free of charge, in Kingstown on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Friday, April 16, 2021. La Soufriere volcano has shot out another explosive burst of gas and ash Friday morning as the cruise ship arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island by a week of violent eruptions. (AP Photo/Orvil Samuel)
New blast at St. Vincent volcano; cruise ship helps evacuees

By Kristin Deane Apr. 16, 2021 01:15 PM EDT

A woman and a girl walk wearing protective head coverings walk on a street covered with volcanic ash a day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted, in Kingstown, on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre)
St Vincent fears COVID-19 outbreak with volcano evacuations

By Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto Apr. 15, 2021 11:18 AM EDT

A rooster and a hen walk on the ash-covered main Black Rock road, from the St. Vincent eruption of La Soufriere volcano, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, April 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Brandis)
'Huge' explosion rocks St. Vincent as volcano keeps erupting

By Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto Apr. 12, 2021 08:10 AM EDT

A woman and a girl walk wearing protective head coverings walk on a street covered with volcanic ash a day after the La Soufriere volcano erupted, in Kingstown, on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Lucanus Ollivierre)
Ash-covered St. Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions

By Kristin Deane And Dánica Coto Apr. 09, 2021 11:59 PM EDT

St. Vincent to evacuate thousands under volcano threat

By Dánica Coto Apr. 09, 2021 12:05 AM EDT
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Empty cruise ships were scheduled to arrive Friday at the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent to help transport thousands of...

Plumes of ash rise from the La Soufriere volcano as it erupts on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent, as seen from Chateaubelair, Friday, April 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Orvil Samuel)
Explosive eruption rocks volcano on Caribbean's St. Vincent

By Dánica Coto Apr. 08, 2021 08:47 PM EDT

In this photo provided by Department of Fire and Emergency Services, a firefighter works at a fire near Wooroloo, northeast of Perth, Australia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. An out-of-control wildfire burning northeast of the Australian west coast city of Perth has destroyed dozens of homes and was threatening more. (Evan Collis/DFES via AP)
Wildfire in west Australia burns more homes in dry wind

Feb. 02, 2021 08:15 PM EST

Healthcare workers push hospital beds outside the San Borja Arriaran hospital in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, where a fire broke out in a boiler room. The fire forced the evacuation of more than 300 patients from the downtown hospital in Chile's capital on Saturday, but officials reported no injuries. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Chile hospital fire forces evacuation of hundreds

Jan. 30, 2021 09:53 AM EST

Supporters of President Donald Trump ride horses outside the Statehouse in Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to protest President-elect Joe Biden's electoral victory. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico evacuated Statehouse amid pro-Trump protests

By Morgan Lee Jan. 06, 2021 08:30 PM EST