evacuee

noun

evac·u·ee i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwē

-kyü-ˈē-

Synonyms of evacuee next

: an evacuated person

Examples of evacuee in a Sentence

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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Cars, loaded with evacuees and their belongings were leaving the city on a recent visit by NPR. —

Michael Robinson Chávez, NPR, 7 Dec. 2024 Cleanup from Hurricane Milton's destruction was slow going Saturday, with roads in some counties still impassable, resources scarce for some evacuees making their way back home and power only gradually being restored. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024 Located 30 miles south of Atlanta in Hampton, Georgia, the speedway is making campgrounds freely available to evacuees for RV and tents, providing access to shower facilities in collaboration with the Henry County Emergency Management Agency. —

Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 8 Oct. 2024 The closures are part of ongoing efforts to keep evacuees safe as the fire continues to spread along the Malibu coastline. —

Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for evacuee