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Recent Examples of evacuation from the Web
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The closure follows the evacuation of nearby Riviera Estates mobile home park, where residents were told to leave more than a week ago as water seeped into the area.
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A South Korean died of a possible heart attack suffered during the evacuation, the Foreign Ministry said.
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Speaking at the evacuation center on Sunday, Saddat Liong said his house was hit by mortar fire and burned to the ground.
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The authorities and relief workers said that more than 30,000 people from Marawi City had taken refuge in evacuation centers and that more than 42,000 had fled to relatives’ homes outside the city.
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A suspicious package that forced the partial evacuation of a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport has been determined not to be a threat.
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A suspicious package that forced the partial evacuation of a terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport has been determined not to be a threat.
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Sheriff's office spokeswoman Natalie Barton said no other units were in danger during the event, and no evacuation was needed.
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A bomb threat at Miami Dade College’s School of Justice caused an evacuation Friday afternoon.
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First Known Use of evacuation
14th century
Medical Dictionary
evacuation
playMedical Definition of evacuation
1: the act or process of evacuating
2: something evacuated or discharged
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