All hospitals in Islamabad were declared in a state of emergency.

We should demand that the city declare the child welfare system, with its billion-dollar budget, in a state of emergency, and overhaul it from top to bottom.

Paris is declared 'in a state of siege.'

In 1998, the state was declared in a state of emergency due to 122 forest fires with affected 2,998 hectares of land over two weeks.

On September 1, 1896 the town was declared in a state of war despite the peaceful situation.

Then the assembly, citing aggression against the Panamanian people, declared the republic in a state of war with the United States.

Prime Minister Mokhele declared the country in a state of mourning until the funeral.

On December 24, 2005, Chad declared itself as in a "state of belligerance" with neighboring Sudan.

Issued August 23, 1775, it declared elements of the American colonies in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".

That would be a day before the Noriega regime declared itself in a "state of war" with the United States.