mass evacuation
Collective emergency departure
Mass evacuation is the organized movement of large numbers of people away from danger—typically from a city or region threatened by natural disaster, military attack, or industrial catastrophe.
The term emphasizes scale and coordination: The hurricane triggered a mass evacuation of the coastal counties.
Unlike individual flight, mass evacuation involves official planning, designated routes, and public resources.
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- natural disasterCatastrophic environmental event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
emergency · shelter · buses · crisis · sirens · get out now · highways · gridlock · traffic jam · panic · displacement · rescue · warning · chaos · escape · crowds · airlift · homeland
mass evacuationshelter-in-place
Remain indoors for safety
sheltering in place · lockdown · stay-at-home order · quarantine · confinement
mass evacuationrepatriation
Formal return to homeland
resettlement · mass gathering · repopulation · homecoming · return home
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