Caldor Fire closing in on South Lake Tahoe (5:20 AM-1 September)
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Caldor Fire sweeps toward Lake Tahoe after mass evacuation
The popular vacation haven normally filled with tens of thousands of summer tourists emptied out as the massive wildfire rapidly expanded. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A ferocious wildfire swept toward Lake Tahoe on Tuesday just hours after roads were clogged with fleeing cars when the entire California resort city of South Lake Tahoe was ordered…
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Philippines’ Taal Volcano eruption triggers dozens of quakes and mass evacuation
‘People are panicking … the volcano can explode again anytime,’ mayor warns aftermarkets and airports close Weak lava fountaining, accompanied by thunder and flashes of lightning, indicates intense activity but ‘hazardous explosive eruption’ could follow A mass evacuation is underway in the Philippines, where an erupting volcano 65km south of the capital has triggered some…
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500,000 evacuated as Cyclone Bulbul makes landfall in Bangladesh
Bangladeshi passengers cover themselves with a plastic sheet and umbrellas as they cross the Buriganga River by boat during Cyclone Bulbul in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Saturday. Photo by Monirul Alam/EPA-EFE Nov. 9 (UPI) — Bangladeshi authorities ordered about 500,000 people to evacuate ahead of Cyclone Bulbul, which made landfall at midnight Saturday night. The storm, which…