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Edouard's remnants drive east Texas flooding and water rescues; CISA sets a September 5 deadline on seven exploited vulnerabilities · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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  Cedric: The remnants of Edouard are the day's dominant life safety story.
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  Cedric: The Weather Prediction Center placed the system about 40 miles southeast of Dallas at 4 o'clock this morning Central time, with sustained winds near 25 miles an hour and slow weakening to dissipation expected over the next 24 hours.
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  Cedric: That was the final public advisory on the system, but the flood threat is not over.
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  Cedric: Flood Watches remain in effect across much of east Texas.
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  Cedric: An additional 2 to 4 inches of rain is possible across northeast Texas today, bringing storm totals along Edouard's path to 5 to 10 inches, with maximum amounts up to 22 inches.
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  Cedric: Forecasters expect additional flash flooding, especially in low lying and urban areas, and isolated moderate to major river flooding.
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  Cedric: The national wildfire picture stays at Preparedness Level 5.
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  Cedric: The National Interagency Coordination Center's most recent situation report, an official update published about 24 hours ago, counts 84 uncontained large fires burning across nearly 3.94 million acres, with 5 new large fires and 20,245 personnel committed.
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  Cedric: Year to date the country has recorded 52,626 fires and more than 8.2 million acres burned, which is 163 percent of the ten year average for acres.
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  Cedric: Idaho and Washington lead with 14 large fires each, followed by Montana with 11 and Oregon with 10.
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  Cedric: In the Pacific, Hurricane Lowell is a Category 4 storm about 450 miles south of Hilo with maximum sustained winds near 145 miles an hour.
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  Cedric: There are no coastal watches or warnings, but Lowell's swells are already reaching the Hawaiian Islands and forecasters warn of life threatening surf and rip currents.
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  Cedric: On the cyber side, CISA added seven vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog yesterday, covering Sangoma Switchvox, SonicWall SMA1000 appliances, JFrog Artifactory, Kestra, LiteLLM and Starlette.
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  Cedric: Five of the seven carry a remediation due date of Saturday, September 5, an unusually short clock for federal civilian agencies, and four are flagged for forensic triage.
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  Cedric: There is no active National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin, no new CDC Health Alert Network notice, and no State Department travel advisory level change in the last 24 hours.
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  Cedric: Federal disaster activity centers on a new major disaster declaration for Missouri.
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  Cedric: And a broad heat episode runs from the Plains through the Ohio Valley into the Mid Atlantic today, with Extreme Heat Warnings and Heat Advisories in force and heat index values reaching 100 to 109.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Alaska reported a magnitude 5.2 earthquake 78 kilometers south southwest of Nikolski in the eastern Aleutians, at a depth of 35 kilometers.
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  Cedric: Light shaking was reported and no tsunami message was issued.
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  Cedric: Arizona saw a series of Flash Flood Warnings from the Tucson forecast office Wednesday afternoon across the southeast, including the San Rafael Valley in Santa Cruz County and east central Pima County, after 1 to 2 inches of rain.
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  Cedric: Flooding of small creeks, streams and streets was reported as ongoing.
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  Cedric: California is working two significant fires.
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  Cedric: The Colorado Fire in Mariposa County stands at 233 acres and 15 percent containment.
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  Cedric: Evacuation orders were reduced to warnings in the Briceburg and Rancheria Creek zones, but an order remains in the Octagon zone, and Highway 140 is closed from Briceburg to the Bug Hostel.
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  Cedric: Forty five structures are threatened and two firefighter injuries are confirmed.
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  Cedric: On the coast, the Plaskett Fire in the Los Padres National Forest grew by more than 2,200 acres in a day to 28,968 acres at 1 percent containment, with evacuations in effect and numerous structures threatened.
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  Cedric: Delaware is under a flood warning this morning for northern New Castle County, part of a multi state urban flooding alert that names Wilmington among the impact locations.
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  Cedric: Hawaii has a High Surf Advisory for south and southeast facing shores of all islands through 6 o'clock tonight, with breaking waves of 7 to 10 feet generated by Lowell and strong currents.
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  Cedric: The Kauai Emergency Management Agency is in a monitoring posture and coordinating with county, state, federal and nongovernmental partners, with no watches or warnings in effect for the islands themselves.
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  Cedric: A Tropical Storm Warning does cover Hawaiian offshore waters beyond 40 nautical miles.
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  Cedric: A separate Wind Advisory for Hawaii Island runs through 6 o'clock Friday morning for east winds of 25 to 35 miles an hour gusting to 55.
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  Cedric: Illinois has an Extreme Heat Warning for Cook County through 7 o'clock tonight, with heat index values of 100 to 105 and a note from forecasters that this is the third consecutive day above a 100 heat index.
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  Cedric: Residents are being directed to 311 for cooling center locations and well being checks.
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  Cedric: Indiana opened recovery One Stop Shops for the August flood disaster.
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  Cedric: Sites are operating today in Muncie and Anderson, with FEMA Mobile Registration Intake Centers running in five additional counties.
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  Cedric: Services include housing support, crisis counseling, insurance navigation, credential replacement and State Disaster Relief Fund applications.
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  Cedric: Michigan has nearly 83,000 DTE customers without power as of 6:30 this morning after Wednesday night storms crossed Metro Detroit, the Thumb and the Saginaw Valley.
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  Cedric: The Detroit forecast office issued a tornado warning for St.
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  Cedric: Clair County.
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  Cedric: No touchdown has been confirmed, but 60 mile an hour winds, downed trees in Port Huron and 1.5 inch hail were reported.
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  Cedric: Mississippi lifted boil water alerts for two rural water associations yesterday.
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  Cedric: A heat advisory covers the northern counties through Saturday evening.
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  Cedric: We have more to cover this morning, but first, a quick word from our sponsors.
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  Cedric: Now, back to this morning’s updates.
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  Cedric: Missouri received a major disaster declaration yesterday for the flash flooding and severe storms of July 9 through 11.
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  Cedric: FEMA Public Assistance is available to local governments and qualifying nonprofits in nine counties.
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  Cedric: Joint preliminary damage assessments confirmed more than 26.5 million dollars in emergency response costs and public infrastructure damage, with the federal share estimated at 19.9 million.
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  Cedric: This is Missouri's third federal disaster declaration of 2026.
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  Cedric: Separately, an Extreme Heat Warning covers the St.
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  Cedric: Louis area through Saturday evening.
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  Cedric: Montana is under a Red Flag Warning through 9 o'clock tonight across the south central counties, for southwest winds of 10 to 20 miles an hour gusting to 40 with relative humidity as low as 15 percent.
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  Cedric: Eleven large fires are burning statewide.
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  Cedric: New Jersey is included in this morning's Delaware Valley flood warning, covering northwestern Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties and northern Salem County.
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  Cedric: A half inch to an inch and a half had already fallen with more expected, and Camden and Cherry Hill are named impact locations.
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  Cedric: New York took the brunt of Wednesday evening's severe weather.
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  Cedric: Three tornado warnings ran from the northern Finger Lakes to northern Chenango County, a 76 mile an hour gust was measured at Seneca Falls, and trees and wires came down across Seneca and Ontario counties.
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  Cedric: Flash flooding closed the Great New York State Fairgrounds for several hours.
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  Cedric: The Binghamton forecast office held a flood watch across 17 central New York counties through 8 o'clock this morning.
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  Cedric: Ohio has more than 5,500 FirstEnergy customers out this morning in Lake, Portage, Cuyahoga and Geauga counties after storms moved across the northeast corner of the state.
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  Cedric: A severe thunderstorm warning also clipped northeastern Columbiana County.
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  Cedric: Oklahoma has a citywide boil water notice in Yukon after crews found multiple leaks on a water main near Northwest 29th Street and Council Road, dropping pressure in the city's water towers.
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  Cedric: Residents are asked to conserve water while repairs continue.
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  Cedric: A heat advisory covers eastern Oklahoma with a heat index to 107.
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  Cedric: Oregon is running the most active new fire in the country.
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  Cedric: The McCully Fire on the Wallowa Whitman National Forest sits at 13,150 acres and 4 percent containment after growing more than 1,900 acres in a single operational period, with 933 personnel assigned.
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  Cedric: Evacuations are in effect, and the fire is threatening residences and communication infrastructure with extreme fire behavior.
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  Cedric: The Austin Fire on the Mount Hood National Forest grew 928 acres to 12,610 acres at zero containment, with structures and critical infrastructure threatened and area closures in place.
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  Cedric: Statewide, Oregon has 10 large fires.
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  Cedric: The Big Grass Fire, still the largest in the nation at 578,637 acres, is 94 percent contained.
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  Cedric: Pennsylvania is dealing with major flooding.
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  Cedric: The State College forecast office has a flood warning for Bald Eagle Creek near Beech Creek Station in Clinton and Centre counties, where the stage reached 15.1 feet against an 11 foot flood stage and a 15 foot major flooding
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  Cedric: threshold.
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  Cedric: The crest is forecast at 15.3 feet, which approaches the flood of record set in January 1996.
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  Cedric: At 15 feet, homes in the cottage area are cut off by high water.
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  Cedric: Additional flood warnings covered Clinton and Lycoming counties overnight, where flooding of rivers, creeks and low lying areas was reported as occurring.
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  Cedric: In the southeast, the Mount Holly office warned of urban flooding across Philadelphia and surrounding counties this morning.
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  Cedric: A heat advisory covers the south central counties today with a heat index near 101.
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  Cedric: Tennessee has a Code Orange ozone alert for today from the Shelby County Health Department, covering Memphis along with Crittenden County, Arkansas and DeSoto County, Mississippi.
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  Cedric: Air quality is forecast to be unhealthy for sensitive groups.
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  Cedric: Texas carries the heaviest operational load.
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  Cedric: In Hardin County, emergency management reported 12 motorists rescued after driving into high water, two residents pulled from a flooded home, roughly 10 structures damaged by falling trees, and about 13,000 customers still without power.
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  Cedric: The Red Cross has a shelter open at Dunbar Gym in Livingston, in Polk County, where water reached waist high in one neighborhood and some residents left by boat.
• 11:41
  Cedric: The Red Cross closed its Tyler County shelter after serving more than a thousand meals in the Port Arthur area.
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  Cedric: Overnight the Fort Worth office issued a new flood watch for Henderson, Anderson, Freestone and Leon counties running through 1 o'clock this afternoon, with 1 to 3 inches of rain expected and locally up to 6.
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  Cedric: The Shreveport office has a flood warning for the Neches River near Diboll, affecting Polk, Angelina and Trinity counties, forecast to rise above its 12 foot flood stage this evening and crest just after midnight.
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  Cedric: Washington is managing four significant incidents.
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  Cedric: Sinlahekin, west of Tonasket, is 166,330 acres and 38 percent contained, with 30 structures lost and evacuations in effect.
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  Cedric: Little Giant on the Okanogan Wenatchee National Forest is 170,784 acres at 49 percent, with 26 structures lost and 240 soldiers from Joint Base Lewis McChord assigned.
• 12:41
  Cedric: Three Queens, east of Snoqualmie Pass, grew 356 acres to 9,349 acres at 8 percent containment, with evacuations in effect and numerous residences threatened.
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  Cedric: The Goat Fire is 790 acres at zero containment, also with evacuations in effect.
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  Cedric: Washington has 14 large fires, tied with Idaho for the most in the nation.
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  Cedric: Wyoming is under a Red Flag Warning through 9 o'clock tonight across the north central counties, covering Big Horn, Johnson, Sheridan and Washakie.
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  Cedric: All other states and territories have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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