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A state of emergency is declared on the island of Rhodes, Greece, with evacuation orders issued for several mountain areas.
2023-07-20

Finland declares a state of emergency amidst an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Prime Minister Sanna Marin says that the emergency controls will allow the government to close schools and restaurants and limit movement between regions.
2021-03-1

The government of the island nation of Vanuatu declares a state of emergency for Shefa Province containing the capital Port Vila as authorities struggle to assess the full impact of the category 5 storm. Once assessments of the damage have been done in other provinces, authorities are likely to widen the declared area in a state of emergency.
2015-03-15

The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency declares a storm-related state of emergency causing disruptions to public transportation and power transmission.
2015-02-16

Kwanchai Praipana, a leader of the pro-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, is shot in the city of Udon Thani as protesters gather in Bangkok despite the declaration of a state of emergency.
2014-01-22

Burma declares a state of emergency after several people are killed in sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims
2012-06-11

France recalls its ambassador to Syria following attacks against diplomatic missions and increasing violence in the Syrian uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
2011-11-16

A province-wide state of emergency is declared for Manitoba in the wake of hundred-year floods on the Assiniboine River and Red River of the North near Brandon.
2011-05-9

Protests continue in Syria despite the lifting of the state of emergency law.
2011-04-20

Thousands of people march in the southern Syrian city of Deraa calling for more political freedoms.
2011-03-21