Kenya to declare food emergency
Kenya's government is to declare a national emergency because of a drought affecting 10 million people.

Kenyan food crisis prompts emergency label
NAIROBI, Kenya, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said Friday the government is ready to declare the ongoing food crisis in the country a national emergency.

Tennessee dam collapse causes Kentucky to consider emergency plans
Kentucky officials will take a closer look at requiring emergency action plans for coal ash ponds after a dam failed last month at a large ash containment structure in Tennessee. Such plans spell out procedures for notifying authorities if a dam fails or is about to fail. Federal recommendations for such plans also call for mapping the area that would be flooded in a break, as well as ...

Tobin Bridge traffic flow restored after emergency repair
By Globe Staff The Tobin Bridge's lower level heading out of Boston was reduced to one lane from 8 p.m. last night through this morning while workers made an emergency roadway repair. The construction work caused traffic backups, but the...

Danville emergency services director resigns
Danville Emergency Services Director Doug Young handed in his resignation Friday afternoon, according to Interim City Manager Lyle Lacy.

Kenya to declare food emergency
Kenya is to declare a national emergency because of a drought affecting the East African country.President Mwai Kibaki s government warned that nearly 10 million people - more than a quarter of the population - were at risk from food shortages.The government intends to import five million bags of maize, reduce the price of seeds and buy up livestock in drought-hit areas to ease the crisis.Famine ...

Fort Worth driver may have had medical emergency before fatal accident
A 76-year-old driver who hit six vehicles near the intersection of Bryant Irvin Road and State Highway 183 in southwest Fort Worth may have had a medical emergency that caused the accident, police said.

Cleveland: Snow Emergency Parking Ban issued for Saturday
CLEVELAND -- Martin L. Flask, Director of Public Safety for the City of Cleveland, has declared a Snow Emergency Parking Ban for the city of Cleveland effective at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday. 

TVA officials say "emergency phase" is over
Local, state and federal officials say, starting Sunday, they will no longer operate the Joint Operations Center. It marks the efforts moving from the emergency to recovery phase.

Altoona Area School District To Test Emergency System
The Altoona Area School District will test its emergency notification system for the first time Jan. 12-17.

Ruling removes billing headache from emergency room visits
Patients can't be billed when their HMOs fail to pay, the California Supreme Court says. Doctors say they're being squeezed. Winding up in the emergency room is bad enough. But the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that patients no longer have to worry about getting billed for emergency treatment charges that their HMOs fail to pay.

Metro Police Expand Use Of Emergency Notification System
When an emergency situation is happening in your neighborhood - it?s important for authorities to get word to you quickly.

Ky. bill would require sludge ponds emergency plan
(AP:FRANKFORT, Ky.) The spill of more than a billion gallons of watery power plant waste from a Tennessee Valley Authority impoundment last month has renewed interested in Kentucky for requiring emergency action plans for residents who live downstream from similar reservoirs.

State of Emergency for Minot
A state of emergency has been issued for the city of Minot because of the excessive amounts of snow and the difficulty city crews are having getting rid of it.

Chilliwack declares local state of emergency
Extensive flooding in Greendale may give City of Chilliwack some "extraordinary" powers. City officials have declared a state of emergency in the Greendale area, from west of Lickman Road to the Vedder Canal.

Emergency phase ending at TVA's Kingston ash spill
Federal, state and local officials have announced the end of emergency operations on a major coal ash spill in Tennessee, though the massive cleanup and recovery work is just beginning.

Emergency crews focus on recovery of isolated residents
KITTITAS COUNTY ? The Emergency Operations Center, stationed at Kittcom since Wednesday, is in the process of transitioning from a Level 3 activation to Level 2, as weather and flooding conditions change for the better.

Emergency phase ending at TVA ash spill site
Friday was the last briefing on the TVA ash slide to be held at the Joint Information Center in Roane County. That's because all the agencies feel confident it's now time to move from the emergency response phase to the recovery phase.

Pen Argyl declares snow emergency
With bad weather expected, Pen Argyl has announced a snow emergency beginning at 1 a.m. Saturday and ending noon Sunday. The snow emergency means all vehicles must be removed from E Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Main Street, Robinson Avenue, West Laurel...

Ending emergency phase at Tenn ash spill
Associated Press - January 9, 2009 1:25 PM ET HARRIMAN, Tenn. (AP) - Federal, state and local officials have announced the end of emergency operations on a major coal ash spill in Tennessee,...