All these buildings will presumably have to be evacuated of their staff and then occupied by Garda officers in order to secure them.
In Germany alone, where large swaths of the country, from Bavaria to Saxony, are underwater after two weeks of solid rain, an estimated 50,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.
Although hundreds of people had to be evacuated by ferry, no incidents were reported.
Reporter Chris Reason, who began on air with Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies on The Morning Show soon after 10am, was evacuated and then allowed by police back into Martin Place studio with a cameraman, Greg Parker, at 5.30pm.
A force of 12,000 policemen stormed the colony and evacuated the 70,000 residents overnight to a swampy area four kilometres away (that turned into another, still extant, slum called Cheetah Camp).
Rahman said the fire brigade came and cleared a path on the tracks, after which commuters were evacuated one by one and walked out from a public footpath to the station.
Now, finally, their house is evacuated and they are on the move, always fearful of another attack.
About 70 families from 40 houses were evacuated while army bomb disposal teams worked to make the device safe.
Jim Davidson, an American climber among those trapped at camp one, was one of the first to be evacuated and updated his Facebook page by satellite phone.
In July 2013, 48 people were evacuated after witnesses saw a metal bar break away from the ride before landing near them, exposing a gap in the track and forcing another shutdown.
"I evacuated my house along with my family before they arrived in the city and I'm happy that I did because from information I'm receiving they have taken over the military barracks," he said.
