Sentences with phrase «prompted states of emergency»

On Thursday, the storm grounded more than 3,000 flights, prompted states of emergency in parts of New York and New Jersey and closed schools from Philadelphia to Boston.

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But while the state of emergency was unusual, the events that prompted it are becoming anything but.

At 6:30 p.m., state Sen. Jesse Hamilton holds an emergency meeting of his Mental Health Advisory Committee prompted by the shooting death of Saheed Vassell in Crown Heights, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, 395 Lenox Road, Brooklyn.

Lake Ontario's high water level has damaged their properties and flooded other areas, prompting Niagara County to declare a state of emergency in the lakeshore towns of Porter, Wilson, Newfane and Somerset.

Violence erupted in Charlottesville, Virginia on Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists had gathered here for a rally and clashed with counterprotesters, resulting in at least one death and prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency.

A series of subway and commuter train crises last spring prompted the Democratic governor to declare a state of emergency for the city's transit system after predicting riders faced a «summer of hell.»

It's prompting New York state to declare a state of emergency for Oswego, Jefferson, Cayuga and other counties along Lake Ontario.

Rising levels on Lake Ontario have prompted officials in counties near Buffalo and Rochester to declare a state of emergency.

The rainy - day fund, which is designed for fiscal emergencies, suddenly grew to about $ 875 million under the expiration of a federal law that prompted major hedge funds in Fairfield County to pour tax money into state coffers before the end of 2017.

Lake Ontario's high water level has damaged their properties and flooded other areas, prompting Niagara County on Thursday to declare a state of emergency in the lakeshore towns of Porter, Wilson, Newfane and Somerset.

Infestations of the Helicoverpa caterpillar in Brazil's grain belt prompted the agriculture ministry on Monday to declare a state of emergency in the leading soy state of Mato Grosso, highlighting the potential risk to large parts of the crop.

Because of this, none of the proper biosecurity processes were done, prompting Australian Agriculture Minister, Barnaby Joyce, to declare a state of emergency.

This prompted Arnold Schwarzenegger, California's governor, to declare a state of emergency — cautioning, alongside the Department of Fish and Game, that it would likely cost the state upwards of $ 255m and 2,263 jobs this year.This precarious situation was precipitated by another record decline in the Central Valley's salmon population — the second - lowest in more than 35 years.

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