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evacuation

Removal of civilian inhabitants from an area liable to aerial bombing or other hazards (such as the aftermath of an environmental disaster) to safer surroundings. The term is also applied to military evacuation. People who have been evacuated are known as evacuees.


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Immediately after Katrina, federal officials predicted a vast diaspora of New Orleans-area evacuees all over the U.
Enterprise Housing provided emergency housing and support services to 1,500 Hurricane Katrina evacuees and advised the Louisiana Recovery Authority on developing a comprehensive $8 billion housing rebuilding plan.
Three planeloads of American evacuees landed early Friday at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and the airport expected several more.
 
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