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As Wildfires Rip Through Southern California, Here's How Officials Got Thousands Of People Out Of Their Homes
At 11:21 pm Monday night, officials in Ventura County sent a buzzing emergency alert to hundreds of thousands of residents warning of a fast-moving wildfire that had already torn through about 2,500 acres and was gaining speed. However, about a dozen people say they never received the message and credited their safe escape to police […]
Southern California Wildfires Nearing LA Airports, Close Down 405 Freeway
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Schools and freeways closed, thousands of people forced to flee their homes as multiple wildfires tear through Southern California
REUTERS/Gene Blevins A series of wildfires continued raging throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties in Southern California on Tuesday night. The three largest blazes — the Thomas Fire, Creek Fire, and Rye Fire — were burning in areas around Ventura, Sylmar, and Santa Clarita, scorching thousands of acres and showing no signs of stopping by […]
Unexplained loud 'booms' rattling houses puzzle southern Arizona
Published time: 30 Nov, 2017 13:39 Residents of southern Arizona are baffled by mysterious booms being felt and heard across the southern part of the state, which have caused the ground to shake and pets to tremble. No one seems to have an explanation for the weird occurrences. The spooky events happened two nights in […]
Lebanese Army ordered at ‘full readiness’ at southern border to face Israeli threat
Published time: 21 Nov, 2017 07:45 Edited time: 21 Nov, 2017 08:18 The head of the Lebanese Army has asked the military to be at “full readiness” to face “the Israeli enemy” at the southern border, according to the army’s Twitter account. The army needs to be prepared to “confront the threats and violations of […]
Revolutionary Guard Su-22 crashes in southern Iran, pilot killed
Published time: 11 Nov, 2017 10:39 A Sukhoi Su-22 warplane of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) went down at 8am local time in Sarvestan in the southern Iranian province of Fars Saturday, killing the pilot, local media reports citing a statement by the IRGC. The jet was conducting exercises when it crashed, it added. […]
2 militants killed in tense gunfight in southern Russia
Published time: 6 Nov, 2017 00:47 Edited time: 6 Nov, 2017 00:49 Two militants have been shot dead by security officials after attacking a traffic police post in Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia on Sunday, the National Anti-Terrorist Committee (NAC) said, adding that one officer was killed and two injured in the shootout. A group of […]
Dozens of firefighters battle market blaze in southern Russian city (VIDEOS)
Published time: 8 Oct, 2017 20:58 A major fire has engulfed a large clothes market in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Some 3,000 square meters (32,000 square feet) of stalls are ablaze, and some 75 firefighters and 24 vehicles have been dispatched to the scene. READ MORE: 3,000 people evacuated, helicopters deployed as market outside […]
5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off Mexico's southern coast – USGS
Published time: 29 Sep, 2017 05:55 An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale has struck off the coast of southern Mexico, 119 kilometers (73.9 miles) from Tres Picos. The quake had a depth of 21.7 kilometers, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). It comes less than two weeks after Mexico was hit by […]
