21.   Since state law does not allow officials to forcibly evacuate residents, persuasion was the name of the game.

22.   The army said it knocked down buildings after evacuating residents in order to get to gunmen.

23.   The Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur is facing hazardous pollution levels and the government has raised the prospect of closing schools and evacuating residents.

24.   Three police officers who helped evacuate the residents and remove the burn victims were treated for smoke inhalation at Jamaica Hospital, police said.

25.   Von Renner was evacuating residents all day as flood waters rose on the Russian river.

26.   Within minutes, the house was surrounded, and police evacuated other residents before starting lengthy negotiations.

27.   Police evacuated residents of Kiryat Anavim and Beit Naqufa, where damage was extensive.

28.   Police surrounded the damaged apartment building early Wednesday and evacuated some residents, while others craned out windows to watch the scene below.

29.   Police, who evacuated residents from nearby homes, said one of the mortars exploded in a yard in the grounds.

30.   A British warship arrived off this Caribbean island Monday, its crew ready to help evacuate residents who want to escape the rumbling Soufriere Hills volcano.