The orders of evacuation were aimed chiefly at the Jewish population.
The threat of the hurricane prompted officials to order the evacuation of 3,000 people along the southern coast of Mexico to 500 emergency shelters.
As of Thursday morning, officials said, 1,400 residents in the Chelan area were under some level of evacuation order.
The arrival of the 316th Viet Minh Division prompted Cogny to order the evacuation of the Lai Chau garrison to Dien Bien Phu, exactly as Giap had anticipated.
Grand Forks mayor Pat Owens had to order the evacuation of over 50,000 people as a large portion of the city would eventually be flooded.
The blaze triggered explosions and hundreds of evacuation orders for businesses and residents in the neighborhood.
Depending on the distance from the seismic disturbance, government authorities may have several hours' notice to order the evacuation of coastal areas.
The prime minister at the time, Naoto Kan, has since admitted he feared he would have to order the evacuation of Tokyo.
Chile's Calbuco volcano has erupted for the third time in eight days, leading the government to order the evacuation of 2,500 people.
In the Ibaraki Province, just north of Tokyo, officials ordered the evacuation of 5,000 dwellings in the city of Ryugasaki, 2,500 of which were flooded.
Meeting for the first time, a board of health ordered the evacuation of neighborhoods plagued by yellow fever and began collecting mortality statistics to "furnish data for reflection and calculation".
