Sentence examples for could be evacuated from inspiring English sources

Instead, they said, in a major leak everyone within a two-mile radius would be evacuated, and then a more limited evacuation of people in a narrow corridor downwind from the radiation could be evacuated or ordered to "shelter in place" by staying put and closing windows and ventilation systems.

People could be evacuated to the rooftops of those buildings.

There would be some warning, and the surrounding area could be evacuated in time.

On Wednesday evening, the boats stopped - before everyone could be evacuated.

Questions also persist on how well the area around Indian Point could be evacuated if a major leak occurred.

Schettino is charged with manslaughter, causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship before the cruise liner's 4,200 passengers and crew could be evacuated in January 2012.

Others cited worries about not knowing the identities of people who would be their new neighbours; they could be evacuating a familiar neighbourhood for one that was a militant stronghold and others were simply too terrified to go out on the streets.

Three were soon repaired, but they could not be risked further, for without them, the reconnaissance force could not be evacuated.

Mr. Cuomo, flanked by Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson and members of the Congressional delegation at a news conference, claimed that the nuclear plant, in densely populated Westchester County, could not be defended from a terrorist attack and that the surrounding area could not be evacuated if a major accident occurred.

Major Lowe said patients could still be evacuated in private planes, but Dr. Green said medically equipped planes were very expensive and generally could carry only one or two patients.

But his colleague, Edward Beyea, was quadriplegic and could not be evacuated without help from firefighters.