Sentence examples for level of alert and from inspiring English sources

This is quite a dynamic region, which is why we certainly need to keep a high level of alert and open eyes".

Authorities in southern China ordered the highest level of alert and suspended hundreds of buses, trains and flights across the region.

China's long-range nuclear force consists of 18 DF-5 missiles; they are old, liquid-fueled weapons that are maintained at a low level of alert, and their warheads are stored separately.

The Jerusalem branch of Magen David Adom, the ambulance service, went into emergency mode, putting the Jerusalem region at the highest level of alert and moving its teams into a new underground bomb shelter at the dispatch center.

The French port of Calais was said to have been placed on a particularly high level of alert, and Robin Dodridge, the security chief at Dover, one of Britain's busiest ports, said authorities had ordered port operators to "further tighten up their security levels to Christmas, and particularly at this time".

Senior administration officials said that Mr. Ridge's comments today -- which came as he and other officials continued to express their delight over the weekend capture of a senior Qaeda operative, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed -- were an effort to lay the public groundwork for a decision soon to put the nation on a higher level of alert and take other actions to prepare for a domestic terrorist strike.

SEOUL -- The South Korean and U.S. militaries were placed on heightened levels of alert and surveillance on Thursday, one day after North Korea threatened the South with a possible military attack.

West Texas towns and cities operate at high levels of alert, and one medium-size city, Wichita Falls, is on a list of cities that could run out of water this year.

Wednesday's attack, the deadliest since August, when 25 policemen were killed in an assault on their convoy, moved authorities to raise their levels of alert and take more aggressive measures against lawlessness.

At the same time, military bases were on the highest level of alert everywhere, and several governors prepared to mobilize state national guards.

As the nation returned to a high level of alert, state, local and federal officials stepped up security today at sensitive sites.