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Federal emergency declaration approved; Catastrophic flood warning; Patients diverted after cybersecurity issue · EM Morning Brief

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  Good morning.
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  I'm Cedric and This is your EM Morning Brief for Tuesday, October 27, 2026 the Four Corners flood response enters a new phase The President approved an emergency declaration for New Mexico on Monday covering San Juan, Rio Arriba, Cibola
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  and Sandoval counties, along with Acoma Pueblo, the Jicarilla, Apache Nation, San Ildefonso Pueblo, Zia Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo.
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  It authorizes direct federal assistance Army Corps of Engineers debris removal and damage assessment, USGS flood monitoring, EPA drinking water testing and FEMA mass care, sheltering and drinking water distribution.
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  Federal reimbursement for debris removal and emergency protective measures was not granted and the state says it will seek a major disaster declaration once damage assessments are finished.
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  Overnight, the National Weather Service in Grand Junction warned of catastrophic flooding along the San Juan river between Four Corners and Mexican Hat, calling it an emergency situation.
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  Flood warnings hold this morning across southeastern Utah, south central Colorado and central New Mexico.
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  Flooding has breached wastewater facilities on the Navajo Nation and officials are telling people to stay out of the San Juan river and out of floodwater downstream.
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  Coastal flooding is the second life safety concern on both coasts.
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  Coast Coastal flood warnings run from Miami Dade and Broward counties north through Volusia, Nassau and the St.
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  Johns river basin, with major saltwater flooding in the Florida Keys and breaking waves of 8 to 13ft off Palm beach county in Southern California.
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  San Diego and Orange county coastal areas carry a coastal flood warning for significant flooding during late morning high tides through Thursday.
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  On the cyber side, the University of New Mexico Health System spent Monday diverting patients and canceling appointments at more than 30 clinics after a cybersecurity issue, leaving the State's only Level 1 trauma center unable to take the most
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  serious injuries.
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  University Hospitals in Cleveland is still restoring systems after disconnecting from the Internet on October 22.
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  CISA added two PHP vulnerabilities to the known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Monday with a federal remediation debt deadline of October 29th.
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  Let's run through the Alaska A storm warning covers Bering Sea offshore waters and St.
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  Matthew island waters, and a high wind warning covers Shishmaref, the Bering strait coast and St Lawrence Island.
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  Coastal communities on that stretch should expect travel and marine disruption.
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  The Alaska Volcano Observatory keeps great Sitkin at watch and aviation color Code Orange with lava continuing to erupt slowly inside the Summit Crater and a few small earthquakes in the past day.
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  Shishaldin stays at advisory in yellow on continued unrest with elevated seismicity and tremor.
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  California San Diego and Orange county coastal areas are under a Coastal flood warning for significant coastal flooding until 1pm Thursday time to late morning high tides.
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  The weather service says numerous roads may close and that low lying homes, windows, businesses and some critical infrastructure will be inundated with shoreline erosion each morning.
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  Coastal infrastructure managers in both counties are advised to act now to protect life and property.
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  Flood warnings remain up for the Rio Grande at Alamosa, where minor flooding is occurring, and for the Purgatoire river near Las Animas where high flow from recent rain is moving downstream through Wednesday night.
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  A separate warning covers parts of Alamosa, Conijos, Costilla and Rio Grande counties.
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  The Governor's disaster emergency covers 12 southwest counties with unarmed National Guard members supporting swift water rescue and search.
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  Wolf Creek Pass, the Cumbres and La Manga passes, Chimney Rock and Colorado 112 from Del Norte to Center remain closed.
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  About 100 residents have been evacuated and the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management begins damage assessments this week.
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  Florida the Keys are under a coastal flood warning for major Saltwater flooding until 5am Wednesday with little relief at low tide in the upper Keys.
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  Warnings also cover coastal Miami, Dade, Broward and Palm beach counties through 8pm Wednesday and the Northeast beaches and St.
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  Johns river basin through 2am Friday.
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  High surf advisories run with breaking waves of 7 to 13ft and a high rip current risk holds through late Thursday.
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  Seawater pushed over Collins Avenue in Miami beach and the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk on Monday morning.
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  Expect numerous road closures, an inundation of low lying property and some critical infrastructure at each high tide.
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  Hawaii A flood watch covers all main Hawaiian Islands from Tuesday morning through late Wednesday night.
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  A trough moving in from the southwest brings abundant tropical moisture and the Weather Service expects heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms capable of flash flooding, with the greatest threat over Oahu and Maui County.
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  Roads in several areas may close and landslides are possible in steep terrain.
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  Now back to this morning's updates.
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  New Mexico the federal emergency declaration is the operational headline and the governor has signed executive orders freeing $8.25 million in state funds, including $750,000 for National Guard flood Response in San Juan county and $7.5 million for the department
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  of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
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  The Rio Puerco near Bernardo is in moderate flooding through late Thursday night at levels the weather service says have not been seen since July 1944, with the old Highway 60 bridge overtopped and further rises threatening Interstate 25.
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  Traffic the Rio Chama below Chimeta is in minor flooding through Tuesday afternoon in the Shiprock area.
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  The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority reports flood damage to wastewater facilities and holding ponds that released sewage into the San Juan River.
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  Separately, UNM Health canceled outpatient surgeries and clinic appointments statewide on Monday, stood up an emergency operations center and notified federal and state law enforcement.
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  Ohio University Hospitals, an 18 hospital system in the Cleveland area, is still working through a cybersecurity incident that began Oct.
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  22 when it detected unusual server activity and disconnected its systems from the Internet.
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  The MyChart patient portal remains unavailable, some locations have trouble reaching the network and insurance pre authorizations are affected.
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  The system has rescheduled some appointments and elective procedures, says it made significant progress over the weekend and expects operational challenges through this week.
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  Outside experts and law enforcement are involved.
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  Oklahoma the East Bailey Road fire southwest of Eagle Town is a new large incident at 104 acres and 40% containment, with wind driven runs torching and structures threatened.
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  SOUTH Carolina Colombia's online services remained degraded a week after the city confirmed a ransomware attack that its IT department spotted on October 20th.
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  The MyCola SC reporting app online animal services, parks, reservations and the city GIS map site are still affected and residents are asked to report potholes, downed trees and streetlight outages by phone.
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  Police, fire Columbia Water, 911 dispatch and bill payments are operating.
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  The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division has an open criminal investigation and may bring in the FBI.
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  Texas Major flooding is occurring on the Rio Grande at the Presidio Vehicle Bridge with minor flooding forecast downstream through Big Bend.
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  Washington the Sisi fire northwest of Steheken on the Okanogan Wenatchee national forest stands at 4,743 acres and 34% containment with residences threatened and area road and trail closures in effect.
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  Wyoming High wind watches cover the north Snowy Range foothills and the lower elevations of Converse County.
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  US Virgin Islands the Water and Power Authority restored service to St.
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  Thomas and St.
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  John over the weekend after more than a week of outages, but told its board on Monday that generation is still 3 to 5 megawatts short, depending on time of day.
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  The utility will use rotational scheduling, skipping rotations when capacity allows, and says the next two weeks will be touch and go while a generator is repaired, customers are asked to conserve.
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  Monday's meeting was the board's third emergency session this month that wraps today's EM morning brief.
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