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CISA issues new cyber and ICS advisories · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Friday, September 18, 2026.
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  Cedric: The Floriston Fire on the California and Nevada line is the morning's controlling incident.
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  Cedric: Cal Fire holds the fire at 640 acres with 8 percent containment, and Caltrans reports Interstate 80 closed to westbound traffic at the Nevada state line as of 4:20 this morning, with motorists directed to alternate routes.
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  Cedric: Evacuation orders and warnings remain posted across parts of Nevada and Sierra counties in California.
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  Cedric: The fire is burning in heavy timber in the Truckee River canyon with long range spotting and wind driven runs, and structures and energy infrastructure are threatened.
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  Cedric: Flash flooding hit south central New Mexico Thursday afternoon.
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  Cedric: Lincoln County emergency officials issued a local area emergency for Ruidoso Downs after flooding was observed along the Rio Ruidoso, told residents in low lying areas to move to higher ground, and opened the Ruidoso Downs Senior Center as shelter.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service in Albuquerque followed at 10:30 last night with a flood warning for southeastern Lincoln and west central Chaves counties that runs until 2:15 this afternoon.
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  Cedric: On the cyber side, CISA published seven new industrial control system advisories Thursday plus one update, including Hitachi Energy's FACTS Control Platform, three Schneider Electric products, and ABB Ability Edgenius.
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  Cedric: An official update published about 41 hours ago added three vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, covering Google Pixel, Cisco Identity Services Engine and Acronis Backup, with the federal remediation deadline falling tomorrow.
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  Cedric: Nationally, wildfire activity sits at Preparedness Level 3 with 56 uncontained large fires and 12,047 personnel committed.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Alaska.
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  Cedric: A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck 165 kilometers west of Nikolski in the Aleutians at 6:19 Thursday morning Alaska time.
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  Cedric: The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami information statement four minutes later, the category it uses when an earthquake does not pose a tsunami threat.
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  Cedric: The Alaska Volcano Observatory kept Great Sitkin at Watch and aviation color code Orange, where slow lava eruption within the summit crater continues alongside weak seismicity, and kept Shishaldin at Advisory and Yellow on continuing low level seismic unrest.
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  Cedric: In the Interior, the National Weather Service in Fairbanks has a flood advisory running for the upper Chena River valley, Two Rivers and the Fairbanks metro area into Saturday morning.
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  Cedric: Arkansas.
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  Cedric: The Bunker Fire east of East Camden in south Arkansas reached 2,832 acres at 65 percent containment, a growth of 882 acres in a day.
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  Cedric: Evacuations and area and road closures are in effect, and numerous structures are threatened in the timber and southern rough.
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  Cedric: Fire behavior is moderate with backing and flanking, thirty personnel and one engine are assigned, and damage to date is estimated at 200,000 dollars.
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  Cedric: Local reporting Thursday put the burned area at more than four square miles.
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  Cedric: California.
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  Cedric: Beyond the Floriston Fire, the Lucas Fire in Lake and Mendocino counties reached 67 percent containment on 4,128 acres in a Cal Fire update posted at 4:51 this morning, with evacuations and area, road and trail closures still in place
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  Cedric: and numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened.
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  Cedric: In Yosemite National Park, the Dome Fire a mile north of Wawona is at 1,177 acres and 10 percent containment with trail closures in effect, and a California incident management team is mobilizing to it.
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  Cedric: On the central coast, the Timber Fire southeast of Big Sur stands at 25,435 acres and 59 percent containment, with area, road and trail closures continuing and communication infrastructure threatened.
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  Cedric: Colorado.
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  Cedric: The Swiss Roll Fire east of Pagosa Springs is at 775 acres with zero containment and energy infrastructure threatened, and the Elk Fire northwest of Lake City is at 7,257 acres and 73 percent, both with road and trail closures.
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  Cedric: Florida.
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  Cedric: Groveland's precautionary boil water notice covering roughly 5,000 residents stood through Thursday after a control system failure at the Sunshine Water Treatment Plant dropped system pressure, and the city expects to lift it once sampling clears.
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  Cedric: Hawaii.
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  Cedric: The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory holds Kilauea at Watch and aviation color code Orange after the summit's new vents stagnated overnight Wednesday.
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  Cedric: All six vents had ceased erupting by 8:30 in the evening, glow continued from the north, south and west vents through the night, and a minor summit deflation began around 5 p.m.
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  Cedric: with tremor bursts becoming the dominant seismic signal by morning.
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  Cedric: The observatory reports the next eruptive episode as potentially imminent.
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  Cedric: Hazards in the ongoing eruption include volcanic gas and vog, tephra such as Pele's hair carried downwind, and unstable crater rim ground.
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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: Idaho.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service in Boise has fire weather watches running through this evening for the Owyhee Mountains and the Boise National Forest zones, the new Cole Fire south of Boise is at 417 acres with no containment, and a
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  Cedric: flash flood watch covers the Upper Snake River Plain through tonight.
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  Cedric: Montana.
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  Cedric: The Sand Creek Fire east of Wisdom is at 35,520 acres and 58 percent containment with structures and communication infrastructure threatened and area, road and trail closures in effect.
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  Cedric: Nevada.
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  Cedric: Evacuation notices covering the corridor from Quilici to Verdi were lifted at 9:11 Thursday morning as the Floriston Fire moved north away from the community, and residents were pointed to the county evacuation map.
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  Cedric: Warnings and orders remain posted elsewhere in Washoe County and across the state line in Nevada and Sierra counties.
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  Cedric: New Mexico.
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  Cedric: The Albuquerque flood warning for southeastern Lincoln and west central Chaves counties reports 3 to 5 inches of rain already down, with flood waters in Whitetail Canyon flowing into the Rio Felix overnight and flooding expected at low water crossings
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  Cedric: along Picacho Road and the Rio Felix through this afternoon.
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  Cedric: Forecasters warn of up to another half inch of rain in the warned area.
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  Cedric: Lincoln County's local area emergency for Ruidoso Downs was in force from 3:47 to 7:47 Thursday evening, with rapidly rising water on the Rio Ruidoso reaching roadways and low lying areas.
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  Cedric: A separate flood advisory covered Santa Fe early this morning.
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  Cedric: Oklahoma.
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  Cedric: The Gracemont Fire east of Binger on Anadarko Agency land is at 2,665 acres and 20 percent containment with 31 structures lost, active fire behavior with running and isolated torching, and 174 personnel assigned.
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  Cedric: Texas.
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  Cedric: The Dry River Fire southeast of Sonora in Sutton County grew 3,500 acres in a single operational period to 7,000 acres at 25 percent containment, with extreme fire behavior including spotting and running.
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  Cedric: Residences and energy infrastructure are threatened and road closures are in effect, with 113 personnel and 13 engines assigned.
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  Cedric: In Bosque County, the Hydra Fire south of Meridian is at 1,100 acres and 25 percent containment with numerous structures threatened and 168 personnel and 25 engines committed.
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  Cedric: On the upper coast, the Star Lake Fire on the McFaddin National Wildlife Refuge holds at 16,412 acres and 70 percent containment.
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  Cedric: Washington.
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  Cedric: In Kittitas County, the Three Queens Fire east of Snoqualmie Pass is at 9,558 acres and 23 percent containment with evacuations in effect and numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened, and the Goat Fire north of Ronald is at 815
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  Cedric: acres and 41 percent with evacuations also in place.
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  Cedric: North of Stehekin, the Sisi Fire grew 227 acres to 3,676 acres at 5 percent containment with residences and energy infrastructure threatened.
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  Cedric: Command of the Little Giant Fire, 172,705 acres at 81 percent, transfers between incident management teams today.
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  Cedric: West Virginia.
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  Cedric: Governor Patrick Morrisey declared a State of Emergency for Mason County on Thursday following severe storms and flooding that began September 10.
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  Cedric: The 30 day declaration cites riverbank erosion along the Ohio River, landslide damage to infrastructure, and a closed railroad track, and directs state resources to stabilize the sites in coordination with local and federal partners.
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  Cedric: Wyoming.
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  Cedric: The Moonshine Fire southwest of Wheatland is at 7,316 acres and 51 percent containment with residences threatened and two structures lost, and 172 personnel remain assigned.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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  Cedric: Stay Safe.