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One hundred evacuees spent the night at a school during the storm.
the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters
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Some evacuees were seen hurrying away while carrying personal belongings.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
At the Padre Serra Parish on Upland Road in Camarillo, senior evacuees were left stunned and anxious.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
In one graphic strike last week on an evacuee center near Deir al-Balah’s Al-Aqsa Hospital, 20 people were killed, including civilians and patients who were burned alive as other evacuees and neighbors were helpless and unable to save them.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
Ventura County Animal Services said 115 horses, five ponies, three donkeys, seven sheep, 33 goats, four mini horses, one cattle, and 20 alpacas are being sheltered Friday as evacuees.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
At the Padre Serra Parish on Upland Road in Camarillo, senior evacuees were left stunned and anxious.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
In one graphic strike last week on an evacuee center near Deir al-Balah’s Al-Aqsa Hospital, 20 people were killed, including civilians and patients who were burned alive as other evacuees and neighbors were helpless and unable to save them.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
Ventura County Animal Services said 115 horses, five ponies, three donkeys, seven sheep, 33 goats, four mini horses, one cattle, and 20 alpacas are being sheltered Friday as evacuees.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Evacuee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuee. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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evacuee
noun
evac·u·ee
i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwē 
: an evacuated person
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