An estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people were evacuated by boat in fewer than nine hours on Sept. 11, making it the largest sea evacuation in American history.
Belleville Public Schools will remain closed Wednesday after an immense warehouse fire that began Sunday continues to smolder on Tuesday.
Local schools are set to reopen on Tuesday, but a State of Emergency remains in effect after a massive warehouse fire in Belleville destroyed multiple buildings and forced families from their homes on Monday.
Flames started at the warehouse off Cortlandt Street in Belleville around 3 p.m. Sunday.
Some personnel at a key U.S. military base in Qatar have been advised to evacuate by Wednesday evening. The decision came as a senior official in Iran brought up an earlier Iranian attack there.
A leaking tanker truck spewed dangerous ammonia gas in a hotel parking lot, forcing hundreds of residents in a small Oklahoma city to evacuate and sending several dozen people to the hospital, authorities said Thursday.