Upon arrival in Dubai, evacuees were sent to Dubai International Airport.
It was first used in 1966 in Houston's Astrodome (recently famed for hosting evacuees from Hurricane Katrina).
The threat of disease also loomed, as some some evacuees in the northwest arrived in camps with various ailments.
However, under the severe cold weather, evacuees are having a very difficult time because they lack food, water, and energy sources, " he said.
Moradfar says that other evacuees are helping her keep her spirits up, and she is repaying them by serving as a volunteer herself.
Today we have bad news and worse news, "San Bernardino County Deputy fire Chief Dan Worl told a group of fire evacuees." we just don't have any place to contain this fire.
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos (C) talks to reporters before the arrival of a military plane with evacuees from Haiti at Torrejon airbase, outside Madrid January 16, 2010.
Compared with a similar group of women who lived in Kiev when Chernobyl exploded, twice as many evacuees had post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression at both interviews.
