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Residents of an Indiana city were ordered to evacuate on Tuesday after a large industrial fire broke out. In an initial statement, Richmond Mayor Dave Snow confirmed “a serious, large-scale fire” at the location of 358 NW F Street. “Many units are on scene,” Snow said. “Please avoid this area if possible, as it is dangerous, and […]
Residents have been evacuated following a train derailment in Raymond, Minnesota. According to an initial statement from the Raymond Fire Department, the derailment occurred around 1 a.m. local time on Thursday, at which point locals were urged to seek shelter at a school in nearby Prinsburg. A highway was quickly closed in connection with the […]
Citing recent fatal shootings in the area, city officials in Miami Beach announced a curfew and additional “emergency measures” amid spring break proceedings. In a news release issued on Sunday, the City of Miami Beach said that local leaders had made the decision to order a state of emergency, as well as a curfew of […]
Two teenagers who found themselves stranded in a California snowstorm for days said they “were already convinced” they weren’t going to make it out. According to a press release from the Morongo Basin Station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were notified on Friday of two teenagers who had been determined to be lost […]
The Biden administration informed Congress on Monday of its plan to begin winding down the COVID-19 national and public health emergency declarations with an end date set for May 11. The announcement comes in response to two House Republican measures pushing to end the emergencies immediately, according to CNN. “The wind-down would align with the Administration’s previous […]
New York officials have upped their efforts to combat polio. On Friday, state Gov. Kathy Hochu declared a state of emergency over the poliovirus outbreak. She announced the move after the virus was detected in wastewater samples collected in five different regions: Rockland County; Orange County; Sullivan County; New York City; and, most recently, Nassau County. The declaration allows more health […]
Jackson, Mississippi is experiencing a dangerous water shortage. Declaring a state of emergency on Monday, Gov. Tate Reeves said the state’s capital and largest city will not have dependable running water or pressure for an undetermined period. “Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,” said Reeves, a […]
California has become the latest state to declare a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the declaration on Monday as the state recently eclipsed 800 monkeypox cases, according to data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The declaration will allow California to deploy personnel from the Emergency Medical Services […]
A devastating flash flood in eastern Kentucky has left at least 25 people dead and dozens of others reported missing. “It is devastating,” state Gov. Andy Beshear told NPR. “We have whole towns that are underwater, houses that were in the line of the water are just gone; not a piece of the house left. “We’ve […]
The Boynton Beach Police Department released security footage showing a group of Good Samaritans who sprung into action after a woman suffered a “medical episode” while behind the wheel last week. The video starts just as the woman’s car begins to slowly move through a busy intersection in Florida’s Palm Beach County. After noticing something was wrong, her co-worker got out of her […]
