EM Morning Brief

I report that a long-duration nor'easter is producing coastal flooding, damaging winds, and widespread power outages from the Carolinas to New England. We confirm one fatality in Brooklyn from a fallen tree and multiple injuries elsewhere in New York. I note roughly 50,300 customers without power in New Jersey, 34,900 in New York, about 28,000 in Connecticut, and about 9,700 in Massachusetts. We a...

Hurricane Nolo is the day's dominant event, and I report that it is presently situated roughly 240 miles south of South Point with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph while advancing north-northeast at approximately 5 mph. Forecasters anticipate that Nolo will intensify into a major hurricane by Saturday and, although its core is expected to pass well south of the main Hawaiian islands, I undersco...

I report that Tropical Storm Nolo is the day's dominant event, expected to become a hurricane tonight and possibly a major hurricane by the weekend. We warn that forecast rainfall of 15 to 20 inches across the Big Island, with localized amounts to 35 inches, could produce catastrophic, life‑threatening flooding and landslides. I note that state and county offices, public schools, and university ca...

Tropical Depression 15E has redeveloped about 405 miles south-southeast of Hilo and is forecast to strengthen to a hurricane, with a projected impact on the Big Island of Hawaii by Friday. I am Cedric, and I urge residents and emergency managers in Hawaii to monitor the system closely because watches and preparedness actions are likely. A coastal storm is producing warning-level tidal flooding fro...

I report that an early-season nor'easter is creating a multi-day coastal flooding threat from the Outer Banks to the Jersey Shore. We have coastal flood watches for coastal North Carolina, Hampton Roads and Virginia's tidal rivers, Maryland's Eastern Shore, Delaware, and southern New Jersey. Forecasters expect one to three feet of inundation in low-lying shoreline areas and tidal waterways late to...

I report that the Floriston Fire on the California–Nevada line is the controlling incident, burning in heavy timber with long‑range spotting and wind‑driven runs and with structures and energy infrastructure threatened. Cal Fire lists the fire at 640 acres and 8 percent containment, and Interstate 80 is closed to westbound traffic at the Nevada state line while evacuations and warnings remain in e...

I report that the Southern Area is carrying the country's fire load this morning, with nine new large incidents in that region and 61 uncontained large fires nationwide. We note that three incidents—the Bunker Fire in southern Arkansas and the Hydra and Dry River fires in Texas—are driving evacuations and threatening structures with extreme fire behavior. The nation remains at preparedness level t...

We are at national preparedness level three with 58 uncontained large fires and four new large incidents. I am Cedric and I present the EM Morning Brief. Evacuations are in effect in Washington, Oregon, California, and Oklahoma as crews work many active fires. The season has produced 55,419 fires burning just over 8.4 million acres. We report heat advisories across the Southern Plains and lower Mi...

I report that wildfire remains the dominant national picture, with elevated activity and acreage well above the ten-year average. We note the National Interagency Coordination Center lists the national preparedness level at 3, with 57 uncontained large fires, 105 active incidents, and approximately 2.5 million cumulative acres affected. I also report a newly listed CISA exploited vulnerability, CV...

Today's EM Morning Brief leads with the Sunday flash flood event along the Interstate 95 corridor, where 6 to 7 inches of rain fell between Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, crews ran vehicle and boat rescues in Connecticut and North Jersey, and the FAA held Kennedy Airport arrivals for nearly four hours. New York City ordered 10 Bronx cooling towers cleaned after Legionella was detected, in a cl...

Today's EM Morning Brief covers a national preparedness level 3 wildfire picture with 58 uncontained large fires and 13,193 personnel committed, led by Wyoming's Moonshine Fire at 3,928 acres and zero containment. Kauai's Hurricane Lowell recovery reaches roughly 66 percent power restoration with all three hospitals energized, while island-wide closures, a brown water advisory and degraded emergen...

Kauai remains the country's highest-impact operation as the county keeps offices and schools closed through Friday, holds five refuge areas open, warns of prolonged power outages, and maintains an islandwide water conservation notice and brown water advisory. CISA adds four actively exploited vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a September 12 remediation deadline an...

Today’s EM Morning Brief leads with Hawaii, where Tropical Storm Lowell has pulled away but left roughly 33,000 Kauai Island Utility Cooperative members without power, disabled municipal water pumps, and triggered an islandwide brown water advisory. We cover the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s watch level for Kilauea, CISA’s addition of four actively exploited vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited...

Hurricane Lowell passes just west of Niihau and Kauai as a Category 2 storm, leaving roughly 92 percent of Kauai Island Utility Cooperative customers without power, closing Lihue Airport and the island's commercial ports, and shutting state and county offices, public schools and courts on both Kauai and Oahu. The National Interagency Fire Center holds the country at Preparedness Level 4 with 66 un...

Hurricane Lowell drives a Hurricane Warning for Kauai County as the Category 3 storm tracks toward the Hawaiian Islands, with refuge areas open, a county emergency proclamation signed, and rainfall totals near 14 inches in the forecast. In Florida, five people are dead and five injured after a cargo aircraft overran a runway at Miami International Airport, with the NTSB leading the investigation a...

Hawaii is under a statewide emergency proclamation as the Central Pacific Hurricane Center tracks Hurricane Lowell, Hurricane Karina and Hurricane Marie, with Lowell forecast to turn toward Kauai and Niihau early next week. The national preparedness level holds at 5 with 78 uncontained large fires and more than 19,000 personnel committed, and evacuations continue in Washington, Oregon and Californ...

The remnants of Edouard stall over north Texas with storm totals reaching 22 inches, driving water rescues in Hardin County, a Red Cross shelter in Livingston, and a new Neches River flood warning. Pennsylvania faces major flooding on Bald Eagle Creek approaching the January 1996 flood of record, while urban flooding hits the Philadelphia corridor. The national wildfire system holds at Preparednes...

Today’s EM Morning Brief leads with a Flash Flood Emergency in Hardin and Tyler counties, Texas, where the remnants of Tropical Depression Edouard have dropped 10 to 21 inches of rain and the National Weather Service has tagged the damage threat catastrophic. We cover the Texas response posture, power outages and school closures, the Louisiana flood watch, and a prolonged extreme heat event stretc...

Tropical Storm Edouard is forecast to reach the upper Texas coast today with a Hurricane Watch, a Storm Surge Warning, and a Tropical Storm Warning in effect from Port Bolivar into southwest Louisiana. At Grand Canyon National Park, the Transcanyon Waterline failure has pushed the South Rim to Stage 4 water restrictions and shut down all overnight lodging after last week’s flash flood. Nationally,...

The Gulf of America takes center stage as the National Hurricane Center gives a northern Gulf low a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm before it reaches the Upper Texas or southwestern Louisiana coast tonight or Tuesday morning, with tropical storm watches possible later today. In the Southwest, Grand Canyon National Park is managing a fatality, 62 inner canyon evacuation...

The nation stays at Preparedness Level 5 with 94 uncontained large fires and nearly 22,000 personnel committed, as the Little Giant and Sinlahekin fires drive evacuations in Washington and Clackamas County, Oregon issues a Level 3 Go Now order along a closed Highway 224. Flash flooding hits New Jersey and puts Philadelphia International Airport under a ground stop. Monterey County, California upgr...

The national wildfire system holds at Preparedness Level 5 with 93 large fires across 16 states. In California, the Timber Fire drives an open-ended Highway 1 closure through Big Sur beginning at 1:00 p.m. today, and a new fire starts near Gorda. In Texas, the Ross Fire reaches 80,000 acres at 12 percent containment with highway closures and a federal Fire Management Assistance Grant. Indiana rece...

Today’s EM Morning Brief covers the Ross Fire in North Texas, now more than 78 square miles at 8 percent containment with mandatory evacuations in southern Jack County and a newly approved Fire Management Assistance Grant. The national wildfire system holds at Preparedness Level 5 with 86 uncontained large fires and more than 22,000 personnel committed. Three federal declarations landed Monday, in...

The Hawk Fire on the north edge of Reno reaches 27 percent containment with 32 homes destroyed and 243 people in the Red Cross shelter, while FEMA approves a Fire Management Assistance Grant and Washoe County schools stay closed. In north central Texas, the new Ross Fire grows to roughly 50,000 acres and triggers a 3:00 a.m. mandatory evacuation in southern Jack County. Memphis Light, Gas and Wate...

The Hawk Fire has burned more than 15,000 acres at zero containment on the northwest edge of Reno, with roughly 42,000 people under evacuation orders, 45,000 more under warnings and about 10,000 NV Energy customers de-energized for firefighter safety. Governor Joe Lombardo has declared a state of emergency for Washoe County. In Washington, the Little Giant Fire has surpassed the 1994 Tyee Creek Fi...