US EditionB.C. declares state of emergency over wildfires
- The B.C. Government has declared a province-wide state of emergency due to aggressive wildfires, with evacuation orders tripling to 15,000 people in a single hour.
- Firefighters are facing challenging conditions as dry lightning sparks new fires and gusting winds cause explosive growth on existing ones, including the McDougall Creek blaze in West Kelowna.
- Declaring a state of emergency grants the government extraordinary powers to respond to the crisis, including restricting travel, forcing evacuations, and commandeering personal property if necessary.
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Rep urges FG to declare state of emergency on malaria
Ogah stressed that there was the need to work toward malaria eradication by waging a serious war on the vector mosquito. Rep. Amobi Ogah, Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, on Sunday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on malaria. He gave the charge in a statement he issued to commemorate the 2023 World Mosquito Day. The World Mosquito Day is commemorated globally…
Canada's British Columbia declares state of emergency as thousands are forced to evacuate Kelowna
British Columbia has declared a state of emergency as massive wildfires tore through the western Canadian province, forcing residents to flee their homes and seek shelter. The province was declared to be under a state of emergency due to hundreds of wildfires Saturday, with the emergency management minister saying 15,000 people had been told to leave their homes. The fires have mostly threatened large swaths of land in the cities of Yellowknife…
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