EM Morning Brief

Rescue crews in Brooklyn worked a collapsed three story building for a second day as the Fire Department of New York confirmed five deaths and at least 17 hospitalizations, with about 250 firefighters on the pile. A Pacific storm moved onto the West Coast, bringing Winter Storm Warnings to the Sierra Nevada with up to 20 inches of snow near the Lake Tahoe crest, High Wind Warnings to the southern...

Central Florida’s St. Johns River holds at major flood stage west of Cocoa with the state of emergency now covering fourteen counties and a federal major disaster request pending, while Washington’s Skokomish River crests near its flood of record and Ocean Shores operates under a mayoral emergency proclamation after losing more than 800 feet of protective berm. A Pacific storm sets up winter storm...

Major flooding continues on the St. Johns River near Cocoa, Florida, with the river forecast to hold near major flood stage through the week while Brevard County runs recovery resource centers and logs about 2,600 damage claims. A Gulf of Alaska storm brings blizzard warnings to Thompson Pass and the Beaufort Sea Coast and gusts to 80 miles an hour at Cordova. CISA added four vulnerabilities to th...

South and Central Texas absorbed a night of flash flooding, with 22 Flash Flood Warnings, closed highways west of Uvalde and a water rescue in the Newby Hills subdivision, while a Flood Watch holds over the Coastal Bend into Monday midday. A deep Gulf of Alaska low is producing east winds to 70 knots and seas above 37 feet off Southeast Alaska, with heavy freezing spray along the Chukchi coast. Th...

A record flash flood on the Georgia and Tennessee line leads today’s brief, with the Toccoa River cresting at slightly over 18 feet, more than 80 rescues in Fannin County and 68 in Polk County, a Georgia state of emergency for four counties, a Tennessee State Emergency Operations Center activation at Level 4, and the McCaysville water treatment plant shut down under a boil water advisory. Florida...

Flash Flood Emergencies are in effect this morning for McCaysville, Georgia and Copperhill, Tennessee, where the National Weather Service reports life threatening flooding and emergency management describes businesses and homes under several feet of water. Three to six inches of rain fell overnight across Fannin and Gilmer counties, Fannin County has activated its Emergency Operations Center and o...

Wednesday, November 4, 2026. The Four Corners flood emergency turns toward recovery as crests pass in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah, with evacuations still in force, the Colorado National Guard reporting more than 50 rescues, and a FEMA swift water team working the San Luis Valley. On Florida’s east coast, a separate extreme rainfall disaster has killed two people in Palm Bay, driven 204...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in seven counties after 15 to 20 inches of rain hit south Brevard, with river flooding building on the St. Johns and west central Florida rivers and a system wide boil water notice in Melbourne. Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs declared a statewide state of emergency, and forecasters are tracking a flood wave on Havasu Creek toward the vi...

An atmospheric river has pushed river and flash flooding across Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and southern Utah, with the National Weather Service carrying a Particularly Dangerous Situation tag over the Four Corners, mandatory evacuations along four southwest Colorado rivers, and the Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City running more than six feet above flood stage. Today’s brief covers the state by state...

Typhoon In-fa’s eye passed over Agrihan in the Northern Mariana Islands as a Category 4 storm, and the Typhoon Warning remains in effect for Alamagan, Pagan and Agrihan while the storm moves away toward Iwo To. In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott issued a state disaster declaration for El Paso County after flooding, Flash Flood Warnings covered Midland and Odessa early Friday, and a levee breach near B...

Thursday’s brief leads with Typhoon In-fa, now carrying 140 mph winds, and the Typhoon Warning in effect for Alamagan, Pagan and Agrihan in the Northern Mariana Islands, where destructive winds and heavy rain are forecast Friday. Flood response is ramping up across the southern High Plains and the Southwest, with New Mexico National Guard evacuations in Socorro County and activated state resources...

Wednesday’s brief covers the Four Corners flood as it shifts from rescue to assessment, with New Mexico estimating 200 to 300 million dollars in infrastructure damage, one death confirmed in Socorro County and the Rio Puerco cresting at levels unseen since 1944. Record king tides driven by El Nino closed Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach and flooded streets in Miami Beach and Fort Lauderda...

The Four Corners flood response moves into a federal phase, with an emergency declaration for New Mexico authorizing Army Corps debris removal, USGS flood monitoring, EPA drinking water testing and FEMA mass care, while the National Weather Service warns of catastrophic flooding along the San Juan River and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority reports sewage released from flood damaged wastewater f...

Historic Four Corners flooding keeps evacuation orders in place in New Mexico, Utah, and southwest Colorado, with the San Juan River cresting at Shiprock at its highest level since 1935, roughly 2,000 people affected, and Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham requesting a federal emergency declaration worth at least $ 13.8 million. On the Oregon coast, a fire and ammonia threat at a Pacific Seafood plan...

A strong Bering Sea storm reaches western Alaska this morning with blizzard warnings in six zones, gusts to 65 miles an hour and a coastal flood warning on the Yukon Delta coast, where Hooper Bay could see water 7 feet above normal high tide. A second day of Southwest rain keeps flood warnings across four states, with mandatory evacuations along four rivers in Archuleta County, Colorado, and power...

A hazardous materials release at a North Toledo tank terminal keeps a half-mile evacuation zone in effect after Toledo Fire and Rescue lifted a three-mile shelter-in-place order Wednesday evening, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency overseeing perimeter air monitoring. A powerful Bering Sea low has blizzard, high wind and coastal flood warnings up across western Alaska, with water levels...

An active hazardous materials release in north Toledo has a one-mile evacuation zone and a three-mile shelter-in-place order in effect, with two school districts closed and a temporary shelter open. A slow-moving nor’easter keeps NC 12 closed between the Marc Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe, leaving Hatteras Island without road access and Ocracoke isolated by suspended ferries, while coastal flood wa...

A slow moving nor’easter has Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island under a Coastal Flood Warning through Wednesday evening, with 2 to 4 feet of inundation forecast and NC 12 closed from the Marc Basnight Bridge to Rodanthe after roughly 800 feet of dune eroded at Pea Island. Arizona faces a multi day flash flood threat as tropical moisture surges north, Alaska works an Interior winter storm and a Pa...

Guam enters its first full day of organized recovery from Super Typhoon Champi, with 90 percent of transmission restored, all 30 substations energized and about 70 percent of distribution feeders carrying load, while schools stay closed and the port holds waterside operations under Condition ZULU. On the Atlantic coast, a stalled nor’easter keeps a mandatory visitor evacuation and a state of emerg...

Guam and Rota are under a Typhoon Warning as Tropical Storm Champi tracks toward the Marianas, with Guam in Condition of Readiness 2, the Joint Information Center partially activated and the Judicial Branch closed. In California, the Bryson Fire in Malibu and the Henderson Fire on Camp Pendleton prompted evacuations and a brief Interstate 5 closure while Southern California Edison de-energized mor...

Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are under a Typhoon Watch as Tropical Depression 29W tracks west, with Guam at Condition of Readiness 3 and forecasters calling for at least a Category 1 typhoon through the weekend. California enters a three day fire weather event, with six Red Flag Warnings in effect and Southern California Edison weighing a shutoff that could reach more than 257,000 custome...

I report that California presently endures the nation's most expansive fire weather setup, and Pacific Gas and Electric has notified roughly 70,000 customers that it may execute proactive public safety power shutoffs beginning Wednesday evening through Saturday afternoon. We observe that offshore Diablo winds are expected to peak Thursday across the northern and central Sierra and portions of the...

I report that Hurricane Isaias recovery is the dominant operation across the central Gulf Coast. I state that we are concentrating resources on power restoration, debris clearance, water safety, and sheltering. Florida has restored power to more than 70% of impacted customer accounts, yet boil water notices remain in seven counties. About 5,000 Florida National Guard members remain activated and t...

The remnants of Hurricane Isaias dominate the operational picture, and I present the principal impacts, forecasts, and response actions underway across the southeastern and central United States. I report that the Weather Prediction Center's final advisory placed the post‑tropical center roughly 180 miles northeast of Nashville, advancing east‑northeast at 22 mph with dissipation anticipated over...

I report that Hurricane Isaias is approaching the northern Gulf Coast as a strong Category 2 storm and is expected to make landfall tonight or early Saturday. I note that storm surge of 5 to 7 feet is forecast from Dauphin Island to Indian Pass and 4 to 6 feet in Mobile Bay, with 4 to 8 inches of rain and localized totals to 15 inches. I warn that the tornado threat begins this evening and that st...