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High Surf, 45 mph Gusts, and Significant Beach Erosion Ahead · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
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  Cedric: An early-season nor'easter is setting up a multi-day coastal flooding threat from the Outer Banks to the Jersey Shore.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service has Coastal Flood Watches in effect for coastal North Carolina, Hampton Roads and Virginia's tidal rivers, Maryland's Eastern Shore, Delaware, and southern New Jersey.
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  Cedric: Forecasters call for one to three feet of inundation in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways from late tonight into Friday, with two to three feet possible on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands.
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  Cedric: NWS Newport/Morehead City singles out vulnerable stretches of Highway 12 as especially at risk, with the worst impacts expected on the Thursday evening and Friday morning high tides.
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  Cedric: Along the New Jersey and Delaware coasts, NWS Mount Holly expects breaking waves of six to twelve feet, northeast gusts to 45 miles per hour on Wednesday, and significant beach erosion into the weekend.
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  Cedric: Coastal Flood Advisories for minor tidal flooding begin today.
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  Cedric: Wildland fire activity holds at National Preparedness Level 3.
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  Cedric: The National Interagency Coordination Center's latest situation report counts 33 uncontained large fires and seven Complex Incident Management Teams committed, with the Northwest carrying the heaviest load.
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  Cedric: In California, the Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park is the scene of a fatal helicopter crash, covered in the California update.
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  Cedric: On the cyber side, CISA adds a Zyxel GS1900 series switch vulnerability, CVE-2026-7273, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
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  Cedric: The stack-based buffer overflow can let an unauthenticated attacker on the local network run operating system commands through a crafted web request.
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  Cedric: CISA sets a September 24 due date, three days after listing, and calls for applying vendor mitigations or discontinuing use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: California.
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  Cedric: Two pilots are killed when a contractor-operated firefighting helicopter crashes Sunday afternoon while working the Dome Fire in Yosemite National Park.
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  Cedric: California Complex Incident Management Team 3 recovers their remains Monday afternoon, and the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
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  Cedric: The National Park Service reports the fire at 3,222 acres and 15 percent contained, with moderate spread and spotting as it burns into heavy dead fuels left by the 2017 Empire Fire.
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  Cedric: Trail closures remain in effect near Wawona, where overnight smoke may reach unhealthy levels.
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  Cedric: Separately, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaims a statewide state of emergency Monday to prepare for a forecast strong El Niño winter.
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  Cedric: The proclamation directs Cal OES, Caltrans, and the California National Guard to stage flood-fighting supplies and equipment, fast-tracks flood-preparation permitting, and comes with recovery proclamations for six counties.
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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: Georgia.
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  Cedric: Atlanta police report Monday night that a technical failure is preventing the city's E911 system from receiving and dispatching emergency calls.
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  Cedric: Calls are being answered at the Fulton County Emergency Communications Center while technicians work on the system, and police advise anyone needing immediate help to go to the nearest hospital, fire station, or police precinct.
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  Cedric: The cause is not disclosed.
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  Cedric: In north Georgia, NWS Peachtree City has Flash Flood Warnings until 12:30 p.m.
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  Cedric: Eastern for parts of six counties, where up to three inches of rain has fallen and rates of one to two inches an hour continue.
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  Cedric: Indiana.
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  Cedric: City of Bloomington Utilities' countywide boil water advisory for its Monroe County customers expires Monday afternoon.
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  Cedric: The advisory followed a turbidity spike at the Monroe Water Treatment Plant after storm-related power outages cut production.
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  Cedric: Michigan.
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  Cedric: The City of Kalamazoo lifts its boil water advisory Monday morning after follow-up samples show no harmful bacteria.
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  Cedric: Western Michigan University still recommends bottled or boiled water on its main campus while it flushes its systems.
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  Cedric: New Jersey.
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  Cedric: The FAA stops flights bound for Newark Liberty International Airport Monday morning because of problems with some radio frequencies at the Philadelphia TRACON, which handles approach traffic for both Newark and Philadelphia.
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  Cedric: Ground stops also hit Philadelphia International and Teterboro airports, and Newark departure delays average more than 100 minutes by late morning.
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  Cedric: Operations resume later in the day.
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  Cedric: Ohio.
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  Cedric: Southeast Ohio is recovering from weekend flash flooding.
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  Cedric: In Vinton County, the McArthur fire chief estimates 30 to 50 people are rescued from high water after Lake Rupert overflows, and calls it the worst flooding he has seen in the county in his lifetime.
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  Cedric: The Red Cross is aiding 28 people at a shelter in Hamden, schools cancel classes, and high water closes state routes near the lake.
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  Cedric: NWS Charleston has river Flood Warnings for several southeast Ohio counties, and Flood Watches from NWS Charleston and NWS Pittsburgh run through Wednesday morning for southeast Ohio and much of West Virginia, with another one to two inches of rain
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  Cedric: possible.
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  Cedric: South Dakota.
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  Cedric: OST Water and Sewer has a boil water advisory in place for Pine Ridge area customers after a main waterline repair shut down the system, creating the potential for contamination.
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  Cedric: It stays in effect until lab testing confirms the water is safe to drink.
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  Cedric: Texas.
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  Cedric: Evacuation orders near Moody in Central Texas are lifted after the West Fork Fire burns about 193 acres Monday.
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  Cedric: The Texas A&M Forest Service reports the fire 92 percent contained.
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  Cedric: Washington.
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  Cedric: Command of the Three Queens Fire near Snoqualmie Pass transfers Monday from a Complex Incident Management Team back to the local unit.
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  Cedric: The 9,566-acre fire is 23 percent contained, with evacuations and closures in effect and residences and critical infrastructure threatened.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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  Cedric: Stay Safe.