Sentence examples for declared a severe from inspiring English sources

South of the border, the BoM declared a severe weather warning along the entire NSW coast for what meteorologists believed was the first time in 30 years.

Following a pass through the storm by a United States Navy reconnaissance plane, Ethel was declared a "severe hurricane" with winds reaching 160 mph (260 km/h), equivalent to a modern-day Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir Simpson Hurricane Scale.

Schools in Liberia reopened after the Ebola crisis, while half of Malawi was declared a disaster zone after severe flooding.

Chairman Geoff Martin said the James Paget University hospital in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, yesterday declared a black alert – the most severe status level – and that the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital was on red alert – one step lower.

Robert Bentley declared a state of emergency amid severe flooding, with the bodies of flood victims continuing to turn up. .

Just two months ago, Governor Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency as severe drought conditions spread - and this wasn't the first time state leadership feared its residents would run out of water.

A level-four alert marks the point at which a severe prolonged heatwave is declared a national emergency.

The tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu has declared a state of emergency because of a severe shortage of fresh water.

Local media said the situation was so severe that authorities declared a "level two emergency" and deployed more than 2,600 security guards to watch over the throng.

It was so severe that Tennessee declared a state of emergency Nov. 10, over two weeks before the Gatlinburg fires.

The Surrey hospital trust said it was under "severe pressure" and had declared a major incident.