• dangerous situation, state of alert and readiness, difficult conditions
if a government declares a state of emergency, it gives itself much stronger powers than usual to do things like censor reporting and imprison people without trial. it usually does this because of civil conflict.
a government can also declare a state of emergency in a part or whole of the country if there has been a major disaster and it wants to use all available resources to help.
if a government declares a state of emergency, it gives itself much stronger powers than usual to do things like censor reporting and imprison people without trial. it usually does this because of civil conflict.
a government can also declare a state of emergency in a part or whole of the country if there has been a major disaster and it wants to use all available resources to help.