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Several wildfires erupt across South Carolina and North Carolina, United States, resulting in the evacuation of endangered towns, including several in the Myrtle Beach area. South Carolina governor Henry McMaster declares a state of emergency in response.
2025-03-2

Icelandic officials declare a state of emergency after a new volcanic eruption cuts off hot water for approximately 20,000 people south of Reykjavík.
2024-02-8

A national state of emergency is declared in New Zealand for only the third time in the country's history as Cyclone Gabrielle affects the country.
2023-02-14

Italy ends its two-year state of emergency and begins to gradually lift attendance limits for outdoor and indoor sports venues, along with a requirement that anyone over the age of 50 should be vaccinated to enter their place of work.
2022-04-1

Sri Lanka ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings.
2019-08-23

The death toll from Saturday's earthquake has risen to at least 480 with 1,700 missing. Another 2,500 have been injured. President Rafael Correa states it is the worst disaster in Ecuador in seven decades, and the reconstruction will have a "huge economic impact" on the country.
2016-04-19

Joaquin, expected to pick up forward speed when it turns north tomorrow, could hit the East Coast this weekend. While forecasts of the storm's trajectory are still uncertain, nearly every state from North Carolina to Connecticut is in the so-called "cone of uncertainty." North Carolina and New Jersey join Virginia in declaring states of emergency.
2015-10-1

The President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, declares a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe to fight an Islamist insurgency.
2013-05-14

21 people are killed and several states declare a state of emergency after torrential rains in Venezuela.
2010-12-1

A state of emergency is declared in parts of Bolivia and rescue efforts continue in Peru amid heavy rain and floods in the region.
2010-01-29