Kīlauea episode 47 fountaining window open through May 14; Governor Kotek expands Oregon drought emergency to three more countie
Thursday’s EM Morning Brief tracks an active wildfire posture at National Preparedness Level 2 with twelve uncontained large fires from Florida to Washington, USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s WATCH status at Kīlauea ahead of fountaining episode 47, and FEMA’s $237 million Public Assistance push. State-by-state, Cedric covers Oakland County’s continuing boil water advisory, severe weather warnings across New York, Maryland, West Virginia and Utah, a natural-gas explosion in Matthews, North Carolina, Oregon’s expanded drought emergency, and Governor Abbott’s amended Texas disaster…
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