Tag: residents
Amid the fires, LA is warning some residents the tap water isn’t safe. Here’s why
Pien Huang The warning is stark: “Do not drink or cook with the tap water … Do not treat the tap water yourself,” typed in all caps and boldface. The alert, issued January 10 by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, also advises people not to take hot baths or long showers. It’s…
‘We want the whole truth’: residents of Queensland city plagued by foul odours fear inquiry won’t clear the air
After years of enduring fetid smells from waste plants, some in Ipswich are sceptical of a freshly announced inquiry into the health impacts Residents of a city who have endured years of noxious odours from waste plants are divided over the announcement of an inquiry into the health impacts. For the last six years, residents…
‘Raining ash’: Residents share how they fled the Southern California wildfires
By Alana Wise This is a developing story. For the latest local updates head to LAist.com and sign up for breaking news alerts. Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes amid the three raging and uncontained wildfires in Southern California. NPR member station LAist has been covering the destruction the fires have wrought, and on day…
‘We need to get out of here!’ Palisades residents describe flight from inferno
As firefighters in California battle three different blazes in and around Los Angeles, residents in the affluent suburb of Palisades have told the BBC how they fled the approaching flames. Pacific Palisades resident David Latt said he and his wife had just 10 minutes to grab important documents and family photographs before being stuck in…
‘Run for your lives!’ LA residents abandon cars to flee fire on foot
Screaming Los Angeles residents left their cars behind to flee a fast-moving wildfire as it closed in on a picturesque celebrity enclave, eyewitnesses said, describing scenes straight out of a Hollywood disaster movie. A windstorm whipped a seemingly typical brush fire into a raging inferno within a matter of hours on Tuesday, sending the blaze…
Gaza Residents Endure Harsh Conditions as Israel-Hamas War Continues Into 2025
Middle East Crisis Several people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the city of Jabaliya, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. Israel’s military said it was targeting Hamas. By Aaron Boxerman Reporting from Jerusalem Displaced Gazans largely entered the new year on Wednesday shivering in tent camps or taking refuge in schools-turned-shelters as Israel’s…
Israel orders remaining residents of Beit Hanoun to leave
Order triggers new wave of displacement and there are reports of damage to two more Gaza hospitals Israel has issued new evacuation orders for all remaining civilians to leave Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza as part of a blistering three-month-old campaign that Israel denies is aimed at depopulating a third of the Palestinian territory, amid…