Sentence examples for evacuated close from inspiring English sources

Firefighters were called to the scene and searched inside Mr Kassler's former mansion, while neighbours were evacuated close by.

The service played a vital role in the American assistance effort after the 2004 Asian tsunami; at home, it rescued nearly 25,000 people and medically evacuated close to 10,000 after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.

Federal and state officials said they had evacuated close to 100,000 people in coastal cities and towns from south of Mazatlán to Puerto Vallarta, two prominent tourist sites.

Within the MERITS project a thermochemical storage (TCS) system is being demonstrated using evacuated, closed TCS modules containing Na2S as active material.

On April 20 , 1958 the 1907 concrete dam at Lake Leigh developed a hole, causing Pennsylvania State Police to evacuate close to 2,000 people from the park.

About 2,500 residents evacuated areas close to the active fissures, and many experienced breathing problems from the volcanic ash and gases.

A year ago, Namie, an evacuated town close to the plant, was declared safe, but so far only a few hundred of its 20,000 former residents have returned.

This past weekend, the Japanese parliament's Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission held a two-day hearing for villagers of Namie and Okuma, two of the evacuated towns close to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear-power plant, which suffered a triple meltdown in March last year.

A steady stream of cars headed towards evacuated neighbourhoods close to the Israeli border.

Media reports since this storm have noted the intense effort by the Indian government to mitigate the threat Phailin posed -- from giving storm warnings days in advance to evacuating close to one million citizens out of harm's way.

Following the incident, Kentish Town station was evacuated and closed to passengers.