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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 at Hooper Bay forecast 5 to 7.5 feet above the normal high tide line. CISA urges immediate patching of two critical PHP vulnerabilities that allow unauthenticated remote code execution. Also in today’s episode: emergency ferry service activates for Hatteras Island while North Carolina Highway 12 stays closed, flash flooding hits northern Arizona and the Four Corners, Parkview Health restores part of its patient portal, and Guam reaches 99 percent power restoration after Super Typhoon Champi. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. An EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways · North Toledo hazmat release. The evacuation zone around the MC Tank Terminal is down to a half mile radius and the three mile shelter in place order is lifted, but the release is not over. Shoreland Elementary School remains the shelter, EPA air monitoring continues at the perimeter, and surrounding roads stay closed while the interstate is open. · Western Alaska storm. Blizzard, winter storm, high wind and coastal flood warnings cover the Seward Peninsula, Norton Sound, the Yukon Delta Coast and the western Brooks Range. Peak impacts land Friday into Saturday, which puts the prepositioning window on today for remote communities with no road access. · CISA PHP alert. The php2shell vulnerabilities affect all PHP installations serving web requests, which reaches public safety portals, county websites and permitting systems. CISA’s guidance is to inventory, patch internet facing systems first, and take unpatchable systems offline. · Hatteras Island access. With North Carolina Highway 12 closed, the emergency ferry is the only vehicle route to Hatteras Island and moves roughly 250 vehicles a day. Fuel and propane deliveries are restricted to two sailings, which makes commodity resupply the constraint to watch. · Southwest flash flooding. Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada are all under flood warnings or watches, with life threatening flash flooding reported in Canyon de Chelly and road closures in place across southern Utah and southern Nevada. · Hospital IT continuity. Parkview Health’s partial restoration across 16 hospitals shows the long tail of a network outage: scheduling and messaging return before billing and telehealth, so downtime procedures stay in place for days. · Wildfire. National Preparedness Level 1 holds with nine uncontained large fires. The Sisi Fire in Washington and the Ridge Fire in Michigan are the two threatening structures, and the Bras Fire in Montana is the country’s only new large incident. · Guam recovery. Power is at 99 percent of system load and the water distribution system is fully pressurized, with conservation measures lifted and the Dededo boil water notice rescinded, which moves the island from restoration into cleanup and repair. Sponsors EM Creators Intelligence Report - https://link.bcolburn.com/EMCIR B. Colburn Coaching - https://calendly.com/briancolburn/virtual-coffee The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com/?utm_source=em-morning-brief NATURAL DISASTERS EXPO HOUSTON - https://disasterexpotexas.com/registration?utm_source=emmorningpod&discount_code=EM100 Descript, Edit video by editing text - https://link.bcolburn.com/DB-Descript ESET, Cyber Security Progress. Protected. - https://refer.eset.com/hip7r Sources Ohio · City of Toledo: North Toledo hazmat evacuation · 13abc: Toledo evacuation zone reduced Alaska · NWS Fairbanks: western Alaska storm warnings · NWS Anchorage: Aleutians high wind warning · Alaska’s News Source: Norton Sound water levels · AVO: Great Sitkin and Shishaldin update Cyber · CISA: Critical PHP vulnerabilities require patching North Carolina · Dare County: Hatteras Island emergency ferry · NHC: Subtropical Storm Josephine advisory Arizona and the Southwest · NWS Flagstaff: Canyon de Chelly flash flooding · NWS Salt Lake City: southern Utah flood warning · NWS Albuquerque: New Mexico flood watches · NWS Grand Junction: Colorado flood watches · NWS Las Vegas: southern Nevada storms Wildfire · NIFC: Incident Management Situation Report · NIFC: National Preparedness Level 1 Indiana · Parkview Health: MyChart restoration notice Hawaii · HVO: Kilauea episode 56 forecast Texas and Michigan · NWS Fort Worth: Dallas Ozone Action Day · NWS Houston: Ozone Action Day issued · NWS Marquette: Upper Peninsula fog advisories Washington and Montana · NWS Spokane: Okanogan wind advisories · NWS Great Falls: Hi-Line high wind watch Territories Post Guam: GPA and GWA final updates

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 warnings and advisories run north through Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey. Arizona’s statewide flood threat peaks today, a Nebraska critical access hospital is diverting critical patients after a network intrusion, Columbia, South Carolina is restoring city applications after a network outage, and CISA added six actively exploited vulnerabilities to its catalog. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. An EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways · Toledo chemical release. A one mile evacuation around 1050 Progress Avenue and a three mile shelter in place order are both active with the release ongoing and the chemical unconfirmed, so mutual aid partners should plan for air monitoring, reception center support and a long duration incident. · Dispatch load management. Toledo Fire asked the public to stop calling 911 about the leak and routed questions to Engage Toledo, a reminder to stand up a public information line early when a plume is visible across a metro area. · NC 12 as a single point of failure. With NC 12 closed and no reopening estimate, Hatteras Island has no road access and Ocracoke has no ferry service, so multi day stranding and air or marine resupply planning are live considerations. · Mid-Atlantic tidal flooding. Inundation of one to two feet above ground is expected at Virginia Beach and up to a foot in Delaware and coastal New Jersey, which means repeat road closures through Thursday morning rather than a single high tide event. · Arizona flash flood posture. Flood watch coverage across northern and central Arizona with rates to two inches an hour puts burn scars, washes and low water crossings at the center of today’s swiftwater and road closure risk. · Healthcare continuity. The Falls City hospital’s inability to move diagnostic images is what moved critical patients off site, a reminder that imaging transfer is a diversion trigger even when the emergency room stays open. · Municipal cyber resilience. Columbia kept public safety, 911 and water systems running while permitting and service request applications went down, which is the segmentation outcome local agencies should be testing for. · Fuel cost relief as a declaration tool. West Virginia’s 60 day emergency uses dyed diesel enforcement relief across all 55 counties, a supply and cost intervention rather than a hazard response. · Least contained large fire. The Sisi Fire at 34 percent containment and threatening structures is the national list’s leading edge of risk heading into late season. · Marianas port recovery. Tinian and Rota ports stay closed after Champi while Saipan has reopened, so cargo sequencing and VHF communications gaps remain the operational constraints. Sponsors B. Colburn Coaching - https://calendly.com/briancolburn/virtual-coffee The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com/?utm_source=em-morning-brief NATURAL DISASTERS EXPO HOUSTON - https://disasterexpotexas.com/registration?utm_source=emmorningpod&discount_code=EM100 Descript, Edit video by editing text - https://link.bcolburn.com/DB-Descript ESET, Cyber Security Progress. Protected. - https://refer.eset.com/hip7r Sources Ohio · City of Toledo: North Toledo hazmat evacuation · 13abc: Toledo shelter in place expanded · Cleveland 19: Barberton acid spill cleanup North Carolina · Island Free Press: NC 12 remains closed Tuesday · Public Radio East: Outer Banks cut off Mid-Atlantic coastal flooding · NWS Wakefield: Virginia Beach flood warning · NWS Mount Holly: New Jersey flood advisory · NWS Mount Holly: Delaware flood advisory · NWS Baltimore: Anne Arundel flood advisory · ABC News: October nor’easter wind and surf Arizona and the Southwest · NWS Flagstaff: northern Arizona flood watch · Weather.com: Southwest flood risk forecast Wildfire · NIFC: Incident Management Situation Report · Cal Fire: active California incidents · Radio Results Network: Ridge Fire update Alaska · AVO: Great Sitkin and Shishaldin notice Cyber · CISA: Six vulnerabilities added to KEV · DysruptionHub: Falls City hospital intrusion · DysruptionHub: Columbia city systems outage West Virginia · WV Governor: diesel relief state of emergency Illinois · Daily Herald: Midway runway 22L closure Territories Port Technology: Tinian and Rota ports closed Share The Emergency Management Network

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 Panhandle atmospheric river at the same time, Florida tracks rising water on the St. Johns while awaiting a federal decision on Hurricane Isaias, and Guam reports its power grid able to meet demand three days into Champi recovery. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. An EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways Outer Banks coastal flooding. A Coastal Flood Warning for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands runs through 8 p.m. Wednesday with 2 to 4 feet of inundation above ground level, so expect repeated road closures, vehicle flooding and threats to waterfront structures around each high tide. NC 12 lifeline. With NC 12 closed between the Marc Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe, Hatteras Island’s only road link is severed for now, which constrains resupply, medical transport and any resident movement until NCDOT can rebuild the dune. Arizona flash flood posture. Flood Watches covering most of the state from tonight through Thursday evening, with rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour, argue for pre-positioning swiftwater resources, staffing low water crossings and watching burn scars. Alaska dual hazard. Interior Winter Storm Warnings with up to 36 inches in the Eastern Alaska Range will complicate highway travel and resupply, while the Panhandle atmospheric river threatens river flooding at Juneau and Gustavus and wind driven outages at Skagway. Florida water and recovery. Moderate flooding on the St. Johns near Astor is forecast to worsen into next week, and the state’s pending Major Disaster Declaration request would open Individual Assistance in eight counties. Kentucky 911 routing. Estill County’s 911 calls may misroute, so mutual aid partners and the public should expect alternate contact paths and confirm dispatch reachability. Federal deadlines. SBA physical damage loan applications for the New Hampshire June flooding close December 7, with economic injury applications open until July 7, 2027. Guam lifelines. Generation now meets island demand and all critical substations are energized, but limited public health services and a newly opened green waste site define this phase of Champi recovery. Travel advisory changes. Kenya at Level 3 and the reaffirmed wrongful detention risk in China matter for agencies with deployed staff, exchange programs or international travel in motion. Sponsors B. Colburn Coaching - https://calendly.com/briancolburn/virtual-coffee The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com/?utm_source=em-morning-brief NATURAL DISASTERS EXPO HOUSTON - https://disasterexpotexas.com/registration?utm_source=emmorningpod&discount_code=EM100 Descript, Edit video by editing text - https://link.bcolburn.com/DB-Descript ESET, Cyber Security Progress. Protected. - https://refer.eset.com/hip7r Sources National Hurricane Center ● NHC: Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook ● NHC: Post Tropical Cyclone Trudy advisories North Carolina ● NWS Newport: Hatteras Coastal Flood Warning ● WTKR: NC 12 closed, dune erosion Arizona ● NWS Flagstaff: northern Arizona Flood Watch ● NWS Phoenix: metro Phoenix Flood Watch ● NWS Tucson: southeast Arizona Flood Watch ● Weather.com: Trudy moisture, Southwest flooding Alaska ● NWS Fairbanks: Interior Winter Storm Warnings ● NWS Juneau: Panhandle Flood Watch, Skagway winds ● AVO: Great Sitkin orange watch California ● Cal Fire: Cooley Fire incident page Florida ● NWS Melbourne: St Johns River Flood Warning ● Florida Governor: Isaias sheltering and grants Georgia ● NWS Jacksonville: Satilla River Flood Warning ● NWS Peachtree City: high fire danger statement Kentucky ● WKYT: Eastern Kentucky phone and 911 outages Maryland and Virginia ● NWS Wakefield: coastal flood and surf advisories New Hampshire ● SBA: New Hampshire disaster loan deadlines Pennsylvania ● NWS Pittsburgh: Mon Valley code orange alert Territories ● Guam JIC: Recovery Release No. 4 ● CUC: Rota emergency power interruption U.S. Department of State ● State Dept: Kenya Level 3 travel advisory ● State Dept: China travel advisory update

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 emergency in force on Hatteras Island, with 2 to 4 feet of coastal inundation forecast through Tuesday. Today also brings the federal remediation deadline for two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog entries that carry a forensic triage requirement. Plus Interior Alaska winter storm warnings and a southeast Alaska atmospheric river, a lowered Kilauea alert level, containment progress on California’s Jade Fire, and river flooding in Florida and Georgia. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. An EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways • Guam lifelines. Power restoration has reached about 70 percent of distribution feeders with all substations energized, but peak demand at 52 percent of normal signals how much load is still off. Generators for water wells and wastewater facilities are a named restoration priority. • Guam access and operations. Schools remain closed to students, government agencies are open with reduced services, and dark traffic signals require all-way stop discipline with police and National Guard support at major intersections. • Guam port. Cargo release has resumed at the gatehouse, but waterside operations are suspended under Port Heavy Weather Condition ZULU pending Coast Guard Captain of the Port clearance, which constrains resupply timing. • Outer Banks evacuation. The mandatory visitor evacuation and state of emergency on Hatteras Island are driven by the risk of an extended N.C. Highway 12 closure, not by a single tide cycle. Re-entry depends on roadway condition, and planners should expect a multi-day hold. • Coastal flooding timeline. Two to four feet of inundation above ground level is forecast for Hatteras and Ocracoke through Tuesday evening, with soundside flooding already underway in Hatteras Village. • Cyber remediation deadline. Today is the BOD 26-04 due date for the BeyondTrust Remote Support and Fortinet catalog entries, both flagged for forensic triage. Agencies and partner jurisdictions running these products should confirm patch status and triage evidence collection. • Alaska winter and water. Interior snow totals of up to 36 inches in the Eastern Alaska Range will degrade highway travel and resource movement, while an atmospheric river brings a flood and high wind threat to Juneau, Yakutat, Glacier Bay and Skagway. • Volcano posture. Kilauea has stepped down to Advisory with the eruption paused, while Great Sitkin stays at Watch with continuing lava effusion, a reminder that aviation color codes drive flight operations in the Aleutians. • Fire exposure at low preparedness. The national system is at Preparedness Level 1, yet the Henderson, Norte, Sisi, Ridge and Black River fires all carry structure or infrastructure exposure, so local initial attack capacity still matters. • Water system notice pending. Monroe County, Georgia will place affected customers under a boil water advisory once service is restored after a 16-inch main repair, a routine but actionable public information task. Sponsors B. Colburn Coaching - https://calendly.com/briancolburn/virtual-coffee The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com/?utm_source=em-morning-brief NATURAL DISASTERS EXPO HOUSTON - https://disasterexpotexas.com/registration?utm_source=emmorningpod&discount_code=EM100 Descript, Edit video by editing text - https://link.bcolburn.com/DB-Descript ESET, Cyber Security Progress. Protected. - https://refer.eset.com/hip7r Sources National • NIFC: Situation report, Preparedness Level 1 • NIFC: National fire news summary • CISA: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog • CISA: Alerts and advisories index Alaska • NWS Fairbanks: Interior winter storm warnings • NWS Juneau: Flood Watch, atmospheric river • AVO: Great Sitkin lava continues California • Cal Fire: Jade Fire incident page • KRCR: Jade Fire evacuations and air attack Florida • NWS Melbourne: St. Johns River flooding Georgia • Monroe County: Pea Ridge water main • NWS Jacksonville: Satilla River flood warning Hawaii • HVO: Kilauea lowered to Advisory • USGS: Volcano updates, elevated status North Carolina • Dare County: Bulletin 3, evacuation remains • NWS Newport: Coastal Flood Warning, Outer Banks • Island Free Press: overwash and N.C. 12 Territories • GHS OCD: JIC Recovery Release No. 1 • GHS OCD: Guam flood advisory update • NWS Tiyan: High Surf Advisory, Guam and Rota • FEMA: Guam emergency declaration approved • Isla Public: GPA feeders 70 percent energized

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 more than 62,000 customers. Oklahoma faces moderate river flooding on the Canadian and North Fork Red rivers, a broad Red Flag Warning stretches from Texas through Mississippi, and CISA added an Atlassian vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a federal remediation deadline this weekend. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. An EOC Voices podcast. Key Takeaways • Tropical Storm Champi: A Typhoon Warning covers Guam and Rota with typhoon force winds possible Sunday morning. Guam is in Condition of Readiness 2, courts are closed and fuel permit rules are temporarily waived, so response partners should expect compressed preparation timelines through Saturday. • Marianas flooding and surf: A Flood Watch runs through Sunday afternoon across Guam and the Northern Marianas, with 6 to 12 inches of rain forecast, surf to 26 feet on Guam reefs and coastal inundation to 5 feet, which puts low lying critical infrastructure and shoreline roads at risk. • Southern California fire weather: Evacuation orders and warnings are active for the Bryson Fire in Malibu, and forecasters warn of extreme fire behavior with any new start through Saturday across Los Angeles and Ventura counties. • Power shutoffs: Southern California Edison has 62,251 customers de-energized and 210,220 under consideration, a lifeline impact that affects medical baseline customers, traffic control and communications sites. • Camp Pendleton and Interstate 5: The Henderson Fire reached 1,404 acres and closed Interstate 5 between Harbor Drive and Basilone Road before reopening, a reminder that a single corridor closure can sever regional mutual aid routes. • Oklahoma river flooding: Moderate flooding is forecast on the Canadian River at Norman, Purcell, Mustang and Bridgeport, with warnings extending into Monday evening and the North Fork Red River raised from minor to moderate severity. • Multistate Red Flag event: Critically dry fuels, gusts to 35 mph and low humidity put Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma and east Texas under Red Flag Warnings, with outdoor burning discouraged. • Cyber remediation deadline: CISA added CVE-2026-21589 in multiple Atlassian products to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a remediation deadline of October 18, so agencies and critical infrastructure operators should confirm patch status this weekend. • Volcanic activity: Great Sitkin in Alaska and Kilauea in Hawaii both remain at Watch with an Orange aviation color code, with Kilauea’s summit highly pressurized and vent activity able to shift location. • Potable water: Boil water actions are in effect in the Copper Ridge subdivision served by New Braunfels Utilities in Texas and on several streets in West Columbia, South Carolina, both following water main breaks. 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Protected. - https://refer.eset.com/hip7r Sources Guam and Northern Marianas • NWS Guam: Typhoon Warning for Guam, Rota • GHS OCD: Guam placed in COR 2 • GHS OCD: Judiciary closure, fuel waiver • GHS OCD: Champi Public Advisory No. 3 • GHS OCD: Governor declares Condition of Readiness 3 California • Cal Fire: Bryson Fire Malibu evacuations • Cal Fire: Henderson Fire Camp Pendleton • Cal Fire: Current emergency incidents list • SCE: Public Safety Power Shutoff status • NWS Los Angeles: Red Flag Warning extended CISA • CISA: One KEV entry added (Oct 15) • CISA: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Alaska • AVO: Great Sitkin daily update (Oct 15) • USGS: Magnitude 5.6 near Lake Minchumina • NWS Juneau: Southeast Alaska wind, flooding • NWS Fairbanks: Winter Weather Advisories posted Hawaii • HVO: Kilauea daily update (Oct 15) Oklahoma • NWS Norman: Canadian River flood warnings Texas • NWS Midland: Rio Grande flood warning • NWS Austin San Antonio: Pecos River flooding • NWS Brownsville: Rio Grande Valley Red Flag • New Braunfels Utilities: Copper Ridge boil notice Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas • NWS Jackson: Red Flag Warning Mississippi • NWS Shreveport: Four state Red Flag Warning • NWS Lake Charles: Central Louisiana Red Flag • NWS Little Rock: Southeast Arkansas Red Flag Florida and Georgia • NWS Melbourne: St. Johns River flooding • NWS Tampa Bay: Myakka River warning • NWS Jacksonville: Satilla River flood warning South Carolina • West Columbia: Boil water advisory issued