PARIS: A fire broke out at the Palace of Versailles on Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of visitors from one of France’s busiest tourist sites before it was brought under control, a spokesperson said. The Palace, built in the 17th century for King Louis XIV, was the main royal residence untilContinue Reading
HOUSTON: High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property.A wide region was swamped from Houston to rural East Texas, where gameContinue Reading
REYKJAVIK: Residents of the Icelandic fishing town of Grindavik are facing a second evacuation as new volcanic fissures have opened nearby, prompting the National Commissioner of Police to issue an evacuation order, CNN reported.Grindavik, situated approximately 70 kilometres southwest of Reykjavik on the Reykjanes peninsula, had previously been evacuated inContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Around 4,000 residents of Grindavik, a fishing town in Iceland were evacuated after some 900 earthquakes jolted southern Iceland, raising fear of a volcanic eruption in the past week.The residents recounted being swept from their houses in the wee hours of Saturday amid tremors that fractured roadways andContinue Reading
PARIS: Six airports across France were evacuated Wednesday after emailed “threats of attack”, a police source said, the latest in a series of threats in recent days.The evacuations at Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse and Beauvais airport near Paris would allow authorities to “clear up any doubts” that the threatsContinue Reading
What is Typhoon Talim? Talim, the first typhoon to make landfall in China this year, struck the coast late on Monday night in Guangdong province, quickly weakening into a tropical storm. Overnight it moved into Beibu Gulf, and by early Tuesday, it had made a second landfall and moved intoContinue Reading