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| Chile volcano erupts, villages evacuated | | 2008-05-02 15:44:52 | | Authorities evacuated hundreds of people from villages in southern Chile Friday after a snowcapped volcano considered dormant for thousands of years erupted.
Original post by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News | | By: UniQuest | | |
| | 1,000 evacuated due to flooding in eastern Cuba | | 2008-03-22 04:38:42 | | From correspondents in Havana, Cuba, 05:30 PM IST Over 1,000 people have been evacuated due to flooding triggered by a storm in the eastern tip of Cuba, Spain’s EFE news agency reported.
Original post by Jennifer Viegas, Discovery News | | By: UniQuest | | |
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| Feeding Evacuated Children. | | 2007-11-12 13:22:00 | | November 13 … On September 1st 1939 in England the mass evacuation of children from the cities (which were expected to be bombed) to the relative safety of the countryside began. The experience was very varied – most must have been very homesick at first, some were ill-treated by their host ‘parents’, but some were happier and better fed than they had been in their real homes. Country families who took evacuees were paid 8 shillings and sixpence a week for each child. On this day in 1939 The Times ran an article explaining just how two particular country mothers fed the children in their care. “One, a Scottish woman who has five boys in her house (they range from 6 to 12) … says they have gained in weight and are always contended with their food. .. Being a Scot, their hostess naturally believes in porridge. This they have three times a week for breakfast, alternating with scrambled eggs.” Her charges were lucky – they had three meals a day (bre | | By: The Old Foodie | | |
| | MIDDLE EAST: Cyclone Gonu Batters Southern Iran; People Evacuated | | 2007-06-07 07:27:00 | | Cyclone Gonu, the worst to hit the Arabian Peninsula in more than 60 years, battered southern Iran, prompting authorities to close schools and universities, cancel some flights and evacuate thousands of people from coastal areas. The Health Ministry put hospitals on alert in southern Hormuzgan and Sistan-Baluchistan provinces late yesterday as the storm approached, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The cyclone's outer winds knocked out electricity power lines in the port cities of Konarak and Chabahar, as people took refuge in shopping malls, IRNA said. Gonu's center was 88 kilometers (55 miles) south of the town of Jask on the southern coast of Iran at 3:30 a.m. today, according to the latest U.S. Navy Joint Typhoon Warning Center advisory. Gonu's winds fell to 83 kilometers per hour as the storm moved north-northwest across the Gulf of Oman at 13 kilometers per hour. The storm hit the east coast of Oman yeste | | By: energy BLOG | | |
| | Sderot Evacuated, 30 Kassams In 24 Hours | | 2007-05-16 21:25:00 | | כ"ח באייר תשס"זAnne Lieberman of Boker Tov Boulder reports 30 kassams have been launched against Sderot over the past 24 hours, moderately wounding a 44 year old woman and lightly injuring her 4 year old son. Seventeen others have been treated for shock and minor injuries. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attacks. Sderot has been evacuated.Read Anne's report at link above. Read original news report at IsraelInsider here.Technorati tags: terrorism hamas Israel Sderot middle east news kassam attack | | By: Walking On Fire | | |
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