Tag: shelter
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Rocket attack forces Blinken to seek cover in Israeli air raid shelter
TEL AVIV — A rocket attack briefly forced Secretary of State Antony Blinken to go to an air raid shelter Wednesday after sirens rang out across Tel Aviv, a senior administration official told NBC News. Smoke, apparently from an intercepted projectile, could be seen in the sky above the hotel where Blinken was staying. A…
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Chicago to begin shutting down separate migrant shelter system
The city of Chicago will overhaul its migrant response strategy, including by closing its “landing zone” and migrant-only shelters, as it responds to a decline in the number of people arriving to the city in recent months. Chicago, along with New York and Denver, have had to adapt over the past two years as their migrant…
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Israeli airstrikes force Lebanese Christians to seek shelter in monastery
ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon — Israeli airstrikes and its burgeoning ground invasion have forced dozens of Lebanese Christians to take shelter in a monastery close to the border with Israel. Milad Louis, head of the municipality of Ain Ebel, a largely Christian town, said Israeli airstrikes forced the community to evacuate in just 45 minutes. “The…
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Storm survivors at a packed shelter in Asheville are still in shock
Ferguson said a neighbor drove him to higher ground before the low-lying area where they lived was inundated by floodwaters. He said the water came up to the roof of his home and lifted it off its moorings before it slammed into another trailer. When the waters receded a bit, Ferguson was able to get…