So the imposition of a state of emergency on April 8th came as something of a surprise.
Croatia: The authorities declared a state of emergency on Wednesday in two regions hardest hit by the floods.
Many involved in dealing with the emergency on the ground here would agree.
In Connecticut, where President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency on Sunday, about 26, 000 customers were without power.
The frog folderol began in 2004, when officials declared a state of emergency on Hawaii's Big Island because of the invaders.
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It followed a separate battery-related emergency on a Japan Airlines flight.
What I hope to convince you of this evening is that it is an emergency on which we need to take immediate action.
Mr Traore declared a state of emergency on Friday, which he said would remain in place for an initial period of 10 days.
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Before the interim prime minister, Iyad Allawi, declared a state of emergency on the eve of the offensive, insurgents had hit Iraqi security forces hard.
Gary Tucker, 45, died at the scene in Marine Drive, Brighton when his car crashed with an ambulance responding to an emergency on 28 February.
Five states declared states of emergency on Friday as the storm loomed, and forecasters warned of overnight winds of 60 miles per hour and snow drifts as high as five feet.
However, correspondents say the measures just announced could add to the difficulties faced by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who declared a state of emergency on Saturday in areas hit by Islamist violence.
Boston mayor Thomas Menino declared a public health emergency on Friday after 700 confirmed cases of the flu since October 1st, ten times the amount of flu cases reported in all of 2011.
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In Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of the country plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and ordered shut the borders with Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
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There are a number of factors that must be considered during emergency planning, such as the projected impact of each type of emergency on the infrastructure of the impacted area, the safety of people and property and the coordination of emergency personnel.
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LIMA, Peru (AP) Peru's government declared an environmental state of emergency on Monday in a remote Amazon jungle region it says has been affected by years of contamination at the country's most productive oil fields, which are currently operated by Argentina-based Pluspetrol.
Torquay almost clinched it when Sills had a header tipped onto the post by Bartlett, who only joined Cambridge on an emergency loan on Saturday, and strike partner Benyon fired over the rebound from close range.
Accordingly, the national emergency declared on June 16, 2006, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 16, 2012.
Therefore, the national emergency declared on August 1, 2007, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond August 1, 2012.
Mr Musharraf - who is currently on a lecturing tour abroad - imposed emergency rule on 3 November 2007 when faced with growing challenges to his rule as president and weeks after his controversial re-election for a second term.
Because this situation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on October 27, 2006, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 27, 2012.
Infant life vests will stay on board, and in case of an emergency landing on water, passengers will now rely solely on seat cushions as flotation devices.
The tractor then carried on across the yard until another worker pulled an emergency brake on the vehicle.
Because the actions of persons threatening the peace and international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on June 26, 2001, and the measures adopted on that date and thereafter to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2012.
For this reason, the national emergency declared on March 6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that date, on November 22, 2005, and on July 25, 2008, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2013.
The source of the problem that forced the Boeing 737-300 used on the Southwest Airlines flight 812 from Phoenix to Sacramento to make an emergency landing on April 1st, following a five-foot rent appearing in the upper-fuselage skin, has flummoxed engineers and safety officials alike.
After all, the only thing worse than not having emergency funds and being on track for retirement is not having emergency funds and not being on track for retirement.
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The PhD student was found dead on the bedroom floor of the couple's first-floor Georgian flat in Bath by emergency services on the night of June 23 last year.
The capacity building of journalists and reporters, in collaboration with the State Authority on Radio and Television (SARFT) and national academic partners, on emergency broadcasting, professional reporting on food safety, and investigative journalism.
The Greek Olympic Committee announced the decision after a four-hour emergency meeting on Saturday.
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