Energy giant Total was trying Wednesday to contain a gas leak that forced the evacuation of a well off the coast of Scotland.

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Blast fears over North Sea gas leak

Radiation levels in five towns and cities were stable enough to warrant lifting the evacuation advisories, which affected about 59,000 people, officials said.

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Japan Reopens Areas Near Fukushima Daiichi Plant

A massive Arizona wildfire forced the evacuation of a third resort town Monday, as most of Greer’s 200 full-time residents fled. Winds with gusts over 60 mph blew heavy smoke over the eastern part of the state, with the smoke reaching as far as Iowa….

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Another Arizona Town Evacuates

An announcement on Monday about expanding the evacuation zone near a crippled nuclear plant was quickly punctuated by yet another strong aftershock.

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Strong Aftershock as Japan Urges More Evacuations

Japan has extended the evacuation zone around Fukushima Daiichi, planning to resettle people from several towns that are between 20 and 30 kilometers from the nuclear plant. The risk is not immediate, according to Japanese officials, but is meant to…

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Japan Expands Evacuation Zone

A wildfire apparently sparked by guardsmen practicing with a machine gun has forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 homes in Utah, authorities say.

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Utah fires force 1,000 home evacuations

Two bottles of water and a phone charger spark a security scare which to led to the evacuation of Terminal One at Manchester Airport.

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Water and wire spark ‘bomb scare’