The 90-day emergency orders immediate action to reduce the risk of contamination to the local population.

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Now Louisiana and Mississippi, with similar price caps and government backstops in place, are considering emergency orders to prevent insurers from leaving.

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The current drought has forced disaster declarations in 26 states and a spate of emergency conservation orders, including in Warrenton, where the city ordered residents to stop watering their lawns, shut down commercial car washes and banned and just about every other non-essential use of water.

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Historically violent weather is converging on the most densely populated part of North America, resulting in emergency declarations and evacuation orders.

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The majority of requests from U.S. agencies are subpoenas, followed by search warrants, court orders and some emergency requests.

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The gates can be opened for access by the emergency services and the gating orders must be reviewed every two years.

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Mr Dowson, from the Burn Road in Comber, was released on bail on strict orders that he is not to use a telephone except in an emergency situation.

BBC: Jamie Bryson

One view is that this represents a temporary lull, and that orders will pick up once the government gets round to spending its latest emergency budget, which was passed last November.

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