The threat was so severe that residents abandoned the island of Formentera.

In 1925, 1200 residents suddenly abandoned their homes and left Blato.

The blaze spread to two adjacent buildings, whose residents abandoned their apartments.

Some residents with access to cars had already abandoned it.

At independence in 1975, several hundred thousand Portuguese residents, virtually the entire educated population, abandoned the country.

The mine and related works operated from 1827 to 1857, after which residents abandoned the community.

The last residents abandoned the village in 1965.

After the blackout, residents who could afford to leave abandoned the area.

The residents of the moshav abandoned it after nine years, except for one woman who continued to live there until the early 1970s.

Skrunda-1 is currently a ghost town, as the last remaining residents abandoned the town in 1998.