1.   The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area.

2.   Bret skirted populated areas on Monday hitting border towns where town residents evacuated or huddled in shelters.

3.   Officials in several communities have had trouble getting many residents to evacuate.

4.   On Long Island, officials ordered that residents evacuate Fire Island and the village of West Hampton Dunes.

5.   Some residents had already evacuated while others worked Friday evening to protect their homes from the slow-moving water rising out of the slough.

6.   Some residents evacuated voluntarily, but others opted to stay behind and fight a rear-guard action against the rising tide.

7.   A spokeswoman for international monitors, Beatrice Lacoste, said residents evacuated after a buildup of Serb forces and subsequent shooting.

8.   But Col. Anael Perez, spokesman for the National Emergency Committee, said all the residents had evacuated earlier.

9.   But most residents have evacuated the city, and the Tamil Tiger rebels apparently have withdrawn to fight elsewhere.

10.   Many residents have evacuated to safer areas.