Up to five kilometres of a beach in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been eroded, forcing many local households to be evacuated.

The government has instructed local authorities to evacuate people from landslide-stricken areas to safe places for resettlement. However, with hundreds of thousands of households affected by landslides, it has become a difficult task.

 A fierce wildfire that has destroyed more than a dozen homes and forced the evacuation of 1,500 residents raged largely unchecked in southwestern Utah for an 11th day,

 The death toll following a fire on the Norman Atlantic ferry off Corfu has risen to 10, with the evacuation of all those on board now complete.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Foreign Ministry says that government agencies and manpower export companies are ready to take all Vietnamese workers in Libya home if the situation in the North African country gets worse.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The government has drawn up evacuation and security plans for Vietnamese citizens from Libya as unrest continues there, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Libya Dao Duy Tien.

On January 16, Quang Nam province’s officials met to discuss the evacuation plan in case the dam of Song Tranh 2 hydropower plant is broken in earthquakes. Experts estimated that more than 62,000 people would have to evacuate if a disaster occurs.