In lobbies throughout the city, guests with children, pets and hastily packed bags share a resigned intimacy.
Category: Evacuations and Evacuees
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Los Angeles Wildfires Will Make a Serious Housing Shortage Worse
With so many people displaced and looking for rentals, the region’s housing options could grow even scarcer and more expensive.
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A 300-Pound Pig Is Rescued From Los Angeles Wildfires
As the Los Angeles wildfires strained the city’s animal shelters, community members stepped in to help a couple rescue their pet potbellied pig.
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Los Angeles Animal Shelters Struggle With Influx of Displaced Pets
Some owners fled with their pets, but a network of facilities in the Los Angeles area is straining to care for the hundreds of animals left behind.
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How ‘Blitz’ Recreates War-Torn London
Steve McQueen’s latest film, set in 1940 during Germany’s bombardment of the British capital, draws extensively from contemporary photos, and was shot entirely outside London.
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Crane Collapse From Milton Hits Building Housing The Tampa Bay Times
Reporters at The Tampa Bay Times are covering their second hurricane in a month.
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Grand Canyon Hiker Missing After Flash Floods and Evacuations
More than 100 people were evacuated after flash flooding in the Havasupai Indian Reservation near Grand Canyon National Park.
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Flooding in a Kenyan Natural Reserve Forces Tourist Evacuation
The heavy rains that pounded East Africa for weeks, killing hundreds, have spilled into the Masai Mara, one of Africa’s greatest wildlife national reserves.
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Iceland’s Tourism Suffers Amid a Belching Volcano and Flowing Lava
In a country that relies heavily on visitors, hotels faced repeated evacuations, and one resort was temporarily shut.
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Maui Economy, 6 Months After Wildfire, Is Still Reeling
Six months after the Maui wildfire, hundreds of businesses remain closed, and questions linger about how much a local economy should rely on tourism.
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Town in Iceland Evacuated Amid Fears of Volcanic Eruption
Officials said that “the likelihood of a volcanic eruption” in the near future was “considerable” in Grindavik, home to about 4,000 people.