A wildfire in the Canary Islands led to the evacuation of a small town in Gran Canaria island on Saturday, and officials said the blaze had a “great potential” to spread.

Wildfire prompts evacuations in Canary Islands

An estimated 10,000 villages and 52 towns in Odisha will be hit by the 'extremely severe' cyclonic storm 'Fani', which is approaching India's eastern coast and is expected to make landfall south of Puri on Friday, the home ministry said.

Cyclone Fani to hit 10,000 villages, 52 towns in Odisha; massive evacuation underway

Around 12,000 people were evacuated after a fire and explosions at a rate of two to three a second hit a Ukrainian Defence Ministry ammunition depot early on Tuesday morning, officials said.

Watch: Thousands evacuated after explosions at Ukrainian ammunition depot

A disaster mitigation agency told residents living within a 5 km (3 mile) radius of the mountain to move to shelters

Volcano eruption in Indonesia's Java prompts flight cancellations, evacuation

A total of 29 emergency medical cases are expected to be evacuated under a deal with the government

First few patients evacuated from besieged Syria rebel enclave

Indonesia closed the airport on the tourist island of Bali on Monday and ordered 100,000 residents living near a grumbling volcano spewing columns of ash to evacuate immediately

Indonesia orders immediate evacuation as highest alert issued for Bali volcano

A first wave of 1,022 people, including 568 fighters, reportedly left Damascus' Barzeh on Monday.

Syria: First evacuations from Damascus rebel district

The evacuation process had stalled over demands from pro-government forces that two villages besieged by rebels also be evacuated

Syrian rebels say new Aleppo evacuation deal in place

High winds and parched vegetation caused by the worst drought in nearly a decade provided fuel for the fires

Seven dead in southeast US wildfires

Although no casualties have been reported, the new blaze has gutted more than 175 homes and businesses

Fast-moving wildfire in California forces residents to evacuate

There was no serious damage and no one was hurt in the incident. The cause of fire was unknown

Small Olympic Village fire forces Australia evacuation

The C-17 landed in Thiruvananthapuram, deboarded evacuees, and continued on to Delhi

First rescue flight from South Sudan lands with 156 on board

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