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This web page lists the various declarations of emergency, closures, and restrictions imposed by states, territories, and counties in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. It shows the dates when each state or territory issued a stay-at-home order and when it was lifted, as well as other policies such as face coverings, gatherings, and travel.
The Creek Fire was a very large wildfire in central California's Sierra National Forest that burned from September to December 2020. It caused zero fatalities but destroyed hundreds of structures, produced a pyrocumulonimbus cloud and two fire tornadoes, and cost over $500 million.
The 2020 California wildfire season was the largest in the state's history, burning over 4 million acres and causing over $12 billion in damages. Five of the top 20 largest wildfires in California history occurred in 2020, including the August Complex, the largest fire ever recorded in the U.S.
Rancho Palos Verdes has been under a local state of emergency since October 2023, and natural gas service was shut off in Portuguese Bend on July 29. And law enforcement has stepped up patrols and ...
The North Complex Fire was a massive wildfire complex that burned in the Plumas National Forest in Northern California in the counties of Plumas and Butte. [2] Twenty-one fires were started by lightning on August 17, 2020; by September 5, all the individual fires had been put out with the exception of the Claremont and Bear Fires, which merged on that date, and the Sheep Fire, which was then ...
The Bobcat Fire was a large and destructive wildfire that burned 115,997 acres in the San Gabriel Mountains and Angeles National Forest in September and October 2020. It was caused by a tree contacting power lines and threatened the Mount Wilson Observatory and other areas.
Governor Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency on February 29, 2020, which was followed by a statewide stay-at-home order on March 23 that would last at least two weeks. [2] [3] Washington had 1,989,477 confirmed cases and a total of 16,100 confirmed deaths as of September 6, 2023. [4]
The 2023 Washington wildfire season officially began in March 2023 in the US state of Washington. Conditions going into the season were low-risk for fire, with higher than average precipitation over the prior winter and spring. [1] Some experts anticipated a later peak, possibly into November, for the Pacific Northwest due to El Niño effects. [2]