The inhabitants fled to nearby villages or refugee camps in Lebanon.

Most of the town's residents were marched out to the Lebanese border, while hundreds fled to nearby gullies, caves and villages.

Approximately 683,000 people fled to neighbouring countries, rural villages, or towns where sanitation is poor.

The town is now deserted, and most of its 20,000 inhabitants have fled to nearby villages or across the border to Albania.

Those not killed have fled to neighboring villages or remain hidden in the tall grass.

Tobelo is now almost entirely Christian; while Muslims have fled to nearby villages.

United Nations officials said the remaining Muslims have fled to outlying villages or taken refuge in the woods.

Schools and businesses are closed and many Yemenis have fled to remote villages.

Mary Jemison, then a resident of the village, fled with the natives to more secure villages.

However, after the battle, many of the crusaders fled to local villages.