In cases where populations are situated close to a lahar source area, there simply may be little or no time for a timely warning to be issued and for people to receive it in time to evacuate (Cardona [1997]; Pierson [1998]; Leonard et al. [2008]).
The time to evacuate a tall building, Mr. Huston said, is once an earthquake is over.
We had time to evacuate," said Monsignor Dionisio Garcia, archbishop of Santiago.
Although there was time to evacuate 100,000 people living downstream, half were rendered homeless and about 50 perished.
He and his wife decided it was time to evacuate (Cassidy was away at a friend's house).
In 1979 the civil war went into full force in Guatemala, and I decided it was time to evacuate.
"It took a long time to evacuate people, because there was a lot of fire," she said.
"If they say it's time to evacuate, it's time to go," he said, at a time when meteorologists were saying that the storm was weakening.
In the words of Major Frankland: "[The operator] has to deal with that device at the expense of his own life if there is no time to evacuate".
Queenslanders have been battling floods for weeks, with river after swollen river bursting its banks, but until Monday the waters were rising slowly, giving people time to evacuate.
