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German pensioner Petra Mertens did not hesitate when ordered to evacuate her home in the sleepy western border town of Monschau as an enormous fire advanced from neighbouring Belgium.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

He said residents tried to put out the fire but had to evacuate due to its severity.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

In June, a wildfire on the eastern side of the city forced about 12,000 people to evacuate and destroyed around 14 homes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Beyond administrative hurdles, students face difficult personal choices, such as family separation and mothers unable to evacuate with their children.

From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026

A few days later we are sent to evacuate a village.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

But in France, Marielle Mourgeon was among 4,000 people forced to cut holidays short in the seaside village of Lacanau, near Bordeaux, after authorities ordered camping sites evacuates as a precaution.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Six medics move up and down the narrow corridor between two rows of three beds that run the length of the bus, which is part of Ukraine's Hospitallers Medical Battalion that evacuates troops across Ukraine.

From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2023

Project Dynamo, a US-based non-profit that evacuates American civilians from risky situations abroad, has warned Mr Murekezi could face the death penalty in Donetsk.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2022

That surface low will “deepen” over the anomalously warm Gulf Stream, meaning its minimum air pressure will drop as it evacuates air from its core.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2022

The 28th, they march upon New York, and the combined army commences investing it; the 29th, reconnoitring the place; the 30th, the enemy evacuates the advance posts, and retires into the works of York.

From Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette by Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette

Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from the Cap Ferret peninsula tourist spot west of Bordeaux last month as wildfires were spreading across Gironde.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

About 2,000 Flores inhabitants evacuated as authorities issued an initial tsunami warning that was later lifted.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

A major incident was declared near Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, after dozens of homes were evacuated and roads closed, while residents near a blaze in south Wales said they were "frightened".

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Some 1,000 people from 18 different villages and settlements remain evacuated, though weather forecasts call for some welcome light rain and lower temperatures.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Valentina flew more than 1,850 of these missions, and evacuated around 2,500 orphaned children and wounded partisan fighters.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Images broadcast on Indonesian television showed hundreds of people in nearby Nagekeo regency evacuating the area from among the rubble of damaged buildings.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

As they were driving away when evacuating, they could see on their app that there were firemen with hoses walking around.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

David Sanchez, a 48-year-old painter and decorator, had just returned home to Cebreros after evacuating at the weekend to find that his small olive and pistachio grove had been consumed by the inferno.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Gillam-Kirton's mother had texted her that evening to say they were evacuating, but the couple had not been heard from since.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

The airlock thought it was evacuating itself, but it was actually evacuating the whole trailer.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir