An estimated 1,500 people on Kauai were evacuated to higher ground, where the Red Cross had established seven evacuation centers for these people to evacuate to.
A fifth of the population was evacuated to higher ground.
She and four others were evacuated to higher ground and safety, by Frank (Tex) Stoklasa, a steeplejack, who got them across the raging waters on a rope belt.
Even the local flood emergency committee had to be evacuated to higher ground in Torgau, where the Soviet Army met the American Army at the Elbe on April 25 , 1945
Schools and businesses in Townsville were to remain shut and thousands of residents had been evacuated to higher ground, AAP reported.
With the proposed scheme, the UAV's position will be automatically adjusted according to the users' mobility; therefore, if the users are moving in one particular direction, for example, when people are evacuated to higher ground in a disaster scenario, the UAV will follow.
As a result, tourists were evacuated to higher ground.
At the West Sands Caravan Park near Selsey, West Sussex, twelve families were evacuated to higher ground.
However, as a precaution against potential flooding, more than 32,000 people and thousands of cattle residing in low-lying areas were evacuated to higher ground.
