2014 Event Pahoa, a town of about 1,000 people on Hawaii's Big Island, must evacuate due to a stream of lava flowing at 20 yards per hour from the Kilauea volcano; Red Cross Hawaii is assisting residents with temporary shelter 2013 Event A wildfire near Yosemite National Park burns over 25 square miles, forcing residents of the Pine Lake community to evacuate 2013 Event German authorities are forced to evacuate 10 villages as heavy rains swell the Elbe River, breaching its banks 2012 Event Demonstrations by thousands of Libyan people cause Ansar al-Sharia Islamists evacuate their headquarters 2012 Event Typhoon Haikui, expected to make landfall in Zhejiang early tonight or early tomorrow, prompts the People's Republic of China to evacuate 200,000 people form Shanghai 2012 Event In China, violent rainfalls and flooding in the Hunan Province destroy a bridge and 3,500 homes, causing Pinhjiang County to evacuate 28,000 people 2011 Event Residents in the U.S. towns of Eagar and Springerville, Arizona fully evacuate as the Wallow Fire wildfire rages on 2011 Event A clash occurs in the disputed border region of Cambodia and Thailand; thousands evacuate 2010 Event Floodwaters rise throughout New South Wales; they cause thousands to evacuate the Australian town of Wagga Wagga 2010 Event Wildfire concerns cause over 3,500 people to evacuate Boulder County, Colorado 2010 Event Sumatra's Sinabung volcano erupts for the first time in 400 years, killing one and causing Indonesia to evacuate thousands of people 2010 Event Threatened by floods, Pakistan directs nearly half a million people to evacuate their homes 1983 Event PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon 1949 Event Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta 1944 Event British and Polish paratroopers evacuate Oosterbeek (Arnhem) 1943 Event Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam 1943 Event Japanese evacuate Guadalcanal, ends epic battle 1941 Event Romania orders Jews to evacuate Darabani 1940 Event British/French troops evacuate Narvik 1914 Event John French evacuate Amiens 1864 Event Rebels evacuate Ft. Powell, Mobile Bayd 1864 Event Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - Federals evacuate in face of Early's advance 1863 Event After 59 day siege, confederates evacuate Ft. Wagner, SC 1862 Event Confederates evacuate Ft. Pillow, Tennessee 1861 Event President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory 1806 Event French evacuate Vienna 1778 Event British Redcoats evacuate Philadelphia 1776 Event British forces evacuate Boston to Nova Scotia during Revolutionary War
