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The United States experienced the beginnings of a pandemic of a novel strain of the influenza A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as "swine flu", in the spring of 2009.The earliest reported cases in the US began appearing in late March 2009 in California, [114] then spreading to infect people in Texas, New York, and other states by mid-April. [115]
State: Name: FEMA Disaster Code: Year Declared: Disaster Type: Notes WV CHEMICAL SPILL EM-3366-WV 2014 Chemical PA SEVERE WINTER STORM EM-3367-PA 2014 Severe Ice Storm
All state and emergency operation centers in the state were activated on October 14, and support from electric companies in Arizona and Nevada was received to assist in power restoration. [26] In California, the storm caused a total of at least $8.856 million (2009 USD) in damages, including $300,000 in agricultural damage. [4]
“This proclamation is a targeted action to ensure government agencies have the resources and flexibility they need to respond quickly to this outbreak."
California is the first to declare a statewide emergency, though Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued a targeted “disaster” alert in July after officials there detected an outbreak at a Weld ...
Emergency in Water Transportation of the United States: Declared a national emergency arising from insufficient tonage to carry the products of the farms, forests, mines and manufacturing industries of the United States, and admonishes all citizens to abide by the regulations in the Shipping Act. Ended Franklin Roosevelt: March 6, 1933 [9]
As the CDC confirmed a severe case in Louisiana of a patient hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu, Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency in California related to the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the first two A/09(H1N1) swine flu cases in California on April 17, 2009, via the Border Infectious Disease Program, [135] for a San Diego County child, and a naval research facility studying a special diagnostic test, where influenza sample from the child from Imperial County was tested. [136]