Tag: emergency
As we all do what we can to limit the spread of the coronavirus, help is coming from an unexpected source. Pennsylvania’s distilleries. Many in the region are cutting back on their spirit-making operations and…
PERTH, Australia (AP) Australias most populous state of New South Wales declared a seven-day state of emergency today as oppressive conditions fanned around 100 wildfires. Around 2,000 firefighters were battling the blazes, half of…
MORAN — A resident was injured this afternoon when an explosion destroyed his house. Max Houk, 62, was at home when the explosion blew away the front walls to his home about six miles north and…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) A Northern California wildfire exploded in size early today as dangerously windy weather prompted the states largest utility to impose electrical blackouts in an effort to prevent fire catastrophes. The fire…
APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz. (AP) Dozens of members of an out-of-state hiking group had to be rescued after they tried climbing a mountain trail near metro Phoenix in sweltering temperatures, authorities said Friday. Forty-four people…
GENEVA (AP) The World Health Organization says it may be missing a quarter of all Ebola cases in eastern Congo as violent unrest complicates detection. That estimate by WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan…
The Kansas secretary of corrections is calling staffing shortages at the El Dorado Correctional Facility an emergency. Corrections Secretary Roger Werholtz said staff at El Dorado already work long shifts. The prison holds about 1,700…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A winter snowstorm has closed several universities and school districts in Kansas as crews work to clear the roads. The National Weather Service says the storm dumped from 2 to 14…
