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The new permanent rules by the Oregon Public Utility Commission lay out specific communication requirements for investor-owned electric utilities for notifying state and local emergency management officials.

Systems are shutting down across West Virginia, he said. Locally, the Star City Volunteer Fire Department has suspended EMS services due to budget constraints, and two Preston County operations have closed.

It was the first EF3 or greater in Michigan since 2012. Gaylord’s tornado had a path of 16.6 miles, was active for 20 minutes and had a width at one point of 200 yards, according to the Weather Service.

Roughly 2,000 Ameren Illinois customers in the metro-east were still without power as of 9:30 a.m. Friday , said Brian Bretsch , a spokesperson for the utility company.

Evacuation zones are determined based on the potential for storm surge to flood a neighborhood. They should not be confused with flood zones, which dictate insurance requirements and are set by FEMA.

The Baltimore Police Department will also expand its telephone reporting unit, which allows people to report certain crimes over the phone or online, instead of having an officer dispatched to the scene.

Records obtained by The Chronicle show that from Jan. 1 through Nov. 23 last year, there were 115 instances in which Oakland's communications center got so overburdened with 911 calls that dispatchers had to triage.

The law requires drivers approaching an emergency response area to either move into the left lane away from where emergency responders are present, or to significantly slow their speed if switching lanes is not possible.

The 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck Charleston on Aug. 31, 1886, was one of the most powerful ever recorded in the state. The quake killed 60 people and was felt for more than 2.5 million square miles away.

A couple hours before a sometimes-grim Sunday night briefing in Las Vegas, N.M., National Weather Service officials released a map of winds in New Mexico that put the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon blaze at 176,000 acres.

Besides flooding on the Tanana River, there was an above average flood potential in other parts of the state, including Sleetmute, Red Devil and Georgetown on the Kuskokwim River and Circle on the Yukon River.

While few are calling for mask mandates and other extreme measures — yet — health experts wonder if it's just a matter of time before the country struggles with how to handle another new wave of infections.

The drill will simulate an aircraft mishap with "mass casualties," the base said in a notice on its website. First responders will immediately head to the exercise location, and an 88th Air Base Wing inspection team will evaluate response across the base.

Along with offering volunteer firefighter opportunities, the “Step Up, Gear Up, and Volunteer” campaign will also aim to spread awareness to resident by airing commercials throughout the region, building a strong presence on social media.

The new system is manufactured by Audio Enhancement, which also sells wearable microphones for teachers and offers a panic alert-type product that is integrated with the microphones.

"The damage we have assessed so far is unprecedented. It's the worst damage Montana-Dakota Utilities has had on its system," spokesman Mark Hanson said. "We have hundreds of cross arms broken and miles of poles down."

On what is probably the worst day of someone’s life, if they are shot or stabbed, a victim of an assault or a major car crash, these emergency room nurses provide medical care, counseling and consolation.

New York State Electric & Gas reports that 43,000 customers do not have power, three days after a snowstorm dropped trees, limbs and power lines and left more than 100,000 in the dark.