The emergency services were overwhelmed by the number of calls during the earthquake.

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Emergency services were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of calls following the earthquake.

The earthquake caused such a surge in calls that emergency services were quickly overwhelmed.

The high number of calls during the earthquake highlighted the inadequacy of the emergency response system.

I worry that in a similar situation, emergency services would again be overwhelmed by the number of calls.

The volume of calls received by emergency services during the earthquake exceeded their capacity.

Emergency services got swamped with calls after the earthquake.

There were so many calls to emergency services during the earthquake that they couldn't handle them all.

To be unable to cope with something because there is too much of it.

Organizations such as police, fire, and ambulance services that respond to emergencies.