Sources: BBC
One person is killed and at least 300 properties are destroyed by wildfires across Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. A state of emergency is declared in Victoria with thousands of firefighters and more than 70 aircraft deployed to combat the fires. 2026-01-11
Poland decides to lift its state of emergency over attempts by migrants to cross the Belarus–Poland border, saying that the border barrier it has been building is mostly complete. 2022-06-9
Chairman of the Sovereignty Council Abdel Fattah al-Burhan announces a state of emergency and the dissolution of the Sovereignty Council and the government. 2021-10-25
Tokyo enters a fourth state of emergency that will cover the duration of the 2020 Summer Olympics in an attempt to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases. The state of emergency will remain in place until August 22. 2021-07-12
Slovakia lifts its national state of emergency that has been in force since October as the number of COVID-19 cases declines, ending the curfew and all nationwide restrictions on gatherings. 2021-05-15
The government extends the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area, which includes the capital Tokyo and surrounding prefectures, for the next two weeks until March 21 as the number of new cases have not fallen sufficiently in order to lift the emergency. 2021-03-5
Latvia opts to describe an ongoing drought as "a natural disaster of a national scale" that can be dealt with using normal laws, in preference over declaring a state of emergency. 2018-06-26
Fana Broadcasting reports that the Parliament of Ethiopia approves a bill and lifts the state of emergency, two months earlier than planned. 2018-06-5
The Los Alamos National Laboratory in the U.S. state of New Mexico is temporarily closed due to a wildfire burning nearby. [http:--www.cnn.com-2011-US-06-27-new.mexico.los.alamos- (CNN)]A state of emergency is declared in Los Alamos County with mandatory evacuations. [http:--www.lamonitor.com-content-los-alamos-county-declares-state-emergency-wait-instructions-evacuate (Los Alamos Monitor)]date=August 2019 A state of emergency is declared in Los Alamos County with mandatory evacuations. [http:--www.lamonitor.com-content-los-alamos-county-declares-state-emergency-wait-instructions-evacuate (Los Alamos Monitor)]date=August 2019 2011-06-27
A prolonged drought in the Amazon region forces Brazil to declare a state of emergency in 25 towns. 2010-10-17