What’s a State of Emergency? Here’s what it means when one is declared in NC
Gov. Stein has issued a State of Emergency for North Carolina. Here’s what that means and some past examples of declarations.
Faulty evacuation alerts woke Angelenos in a panic. What's wrong with L.A.'s emergency system?
Emergency evacuation alerts have gone off the rails, pinging people seemingly at random. Experts say that such errors can sow ...
'Staggering’ numbers of wildfire victims seeking shelter and emergency supplies, says LA Dream Center founder
LA Dream Center founder Matthew Barnett and actress Patricia Heaton join ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss how the LA Dream ...
A plumbing emergency ruined thousands of books, closing a North Philly hub’s library
The trouble was discovered on Christmas Day, when an eagle-eyed neighbor spotted water coming out of the door of Tree House’s ...
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Trump’s energy ‘emergency’ won’t look like Jimmy Carter’s
The last president to declare an energy emergency was Jimmy Carter, who in 1977 called U.S. efforts to confront a domestic ...
At Los Angeles emergency shelters, wildfire evacuees turn to community help amid uncertainty
"It’s hard to see, because there’s so much pain and suffering,” said one local, who dropped off toys at the Westwood ...
US agency declares California wildfires a public health emergency
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday declared a public health emergency for California to address ...
Southern California wildfires prompt more evacuations overnight; LA County declares health emergency
The expanding wildfires in Southern California have prompted more evacuation orders overnight while the Los Angeles County ...
Delta passengers in Atlanta forced to evacuate plane on emergency slides amid winter storm
Flight 2668 had 201 passengers onboard, who were evacuated from the plane via emergency slides and taken back to the terminal ...
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LA fire officials urge public to keep emergency notifications on despite erroneous alerts
L.A. County Office of Emergency Management said the alerts are not being sent by a person and his office is trying to find ...
Fact Check: Human metapneumovirus in China is not ‘new,’ no state of emergency declared
A recent increase in cases of the human metapneumovirus (hMPV) in China has been misrepresented on social media as evidence ...