Chemical release forces evacuation shelter in place; CISA adds six exploited vulnerabilities

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