61.   Authorities evacuated around a thousand people from their homes, fearing further explosions.

62.   Authorities evacuated the area to avoid injuries in the event of an explosion.

63.   Authorities evacuated three office buildings including the embassies of Britain and Canada after the device, which was safely detonated by the bomb squad, was found.

64.   Dutch authorities evacuated more than a quarter of a million people from their homes last week when the Meuse and Rhine rivers flooded at the same time.

65.   Earlier this month authorities evacuated Taro village, close to the border.

66.   The Turkish-Cypriot authorities evacuated eight villages as well as parts of the harbour town lying on the slopes of the Kyrenia mountain range.

67.   Local authorities should have evacuated the area a long time ago, the rescue worker tells AFP, without wanting to be named.

68.   Nearby, the luxury villas in the Kaliurang mountain resort were deserted, a day after local authorities evacuated the whole town.

69.   Panic scenes broke out Tuesday night when authorities evacuated around a thousand people from their homes, fearing further explosions.

70.   Russian authorities have evacuated to the mainland several hundred Kuril islanders made homeless by an earthquake, Interfax news agency reported Monday.