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Nor'easter causes coastal flooding and widespread power outages · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Monday, September 28, 2026.
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  Cedric: A long duration nor'easter continues to drive coastal flooding, damaging wind and power outages from the Carolinas to New England this morning.
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  Cedric: One person is dead in Brooklyn after a tree fell in a New York City Housing Authority parking lot, and four more people are injured by a separate falling tree in the borough.
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  Cedric: Utilities report roughly 50,300 customers out in New Jersey, about 34,900 in New York, about 28,000 in Connecticut and about 9,700 in Massachusetts.
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  Cedric: New York holds a state disaster emergency across eight downstate counties and contiguous counties.
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  Cedric: New Jersey holds a state of emergency across eight counties along the shore and Delaware Bay.
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  Cedric: Coastal Flood Advisories run into this afternoon from Long Island and New York Harbor south to the New Jersey shore and the Carolina coast, and a Flood Warning covers Monmouth and Ocean counties in New Jersey.
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  Cedric: In the West, deep tropical moisture and an upper level low over the Desert Southwest have Flood Watches posted this morning for southwest Arizona, central and southern Utah, southeast New Mexico, southern Colorado, southwest Kansas and the Texas and Oklahoma
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  Cedric: panhandles, with rainfall rates above one inch per hour in the strongest cells.
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  Cedric: In the Pacific, Hurricane Nolo is a category 4 storm with 155 mph sustained winds, centered about 400 miles southwest of Honolulu and moving west-northwest.
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  Cedric: The Central Pacific Hurricane Center holds a Hurricane Watch for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from Nihoa to French Frigate Shoals and says a Hurricane Warning may be required there today.
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  Cedric: Large waves are expected to inundate low-lying atolls beginning today, and swells are producing life-threatening surf along south-facing shores of the main Hawaiian Islands.
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  Cedric: On the federal side, CISA added two actively exploited Citrix NetScaler vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog Sunday afternoon and set a September 30 remediation deadline for federal civilian agencies, a three day window well inside the usual three
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  Cedric: weeks.
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  Cedric: Agencies and utilities running NetScaler gateways should treat patching as this week's priority.
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  Cedric: The national wildland fire preparedness level stands at 2, with 16 uncontained large fires and about 6,000 personnel assigned.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Alaska.
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  Cedric: The Alaska Volcano Observatory holds Great Sitkin at Watch and aviation color code orange, with slow eruption of lava continuing inside the summit crater.
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  Cedric: Shishaldin stays at Advisory and yellow for low-level unrest.
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  Cedric: California.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service posted Coastal Flood Advisories, High Surf Advisories and Beach Hazards Statements overnight for the Los Angeles, Ventura, Malibu, Catalina, Orange and San Diego county coasts, and a Coastal Flood Advisory for the San Francisco Bay shoreline and
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  Cedric: the Monterey Bay coast runs into Thursday.
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  Cedric: The Timber Fire in the Los Padres National Forest southeast of Big Sur stands at 25,346 acres and 71 percent containment, with numerous structures still threatened and area, road and trail closures in place.
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  Cedric: The Dome Fire a mile north of Wawona in Yosemite National Park is 4,606 acres and 30 percent contained, with flanking and uphill runs and closures in effect.
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  Cedric: Connecticut.
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  Cedric: About 28,000 utility customers are without power this morning as the nor'easter pulls away from southern New England.
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  Cedric: Hawaii.
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  Cedric: Hawaii County keeps three shelters open, at the Ocean View Community Center, the Naalehu Elementary School gym and the Robert Herkes gym in Pahala.
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  Cedric: State emergency management reports Nolo moving away from the islands with strong and gusty winds statewide, and the Weather Service has a Wind Advisory for parts of Oahu, Maui and the Kohala district plus a High Surf Advisory for east
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  Cedric: and south Kauai and windward Oahu.
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  Cedric: The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory holds Kilauea at Watch and orange, with small overflows continuing from the north vent and new overflows from the south vent, all confined to the summit.
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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: Kansas.
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  Cedric: The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a boil water advisory Sunday evening for the Lake Hill area of Eskridge in Wabaunsee County after a control system equipment failure dropped pressure in part of the distribution system.
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  Cedric: It stays in effect until certified laboratory testing clears the system.
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  Cedric: Massachusetts.
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  Cedric: The FAA is running a ground delay program at Boston Logan this morning for runway construction, with average delays above five hours and a maximum near eight hours.
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  Cedric: Logan also stays closed to unscheduled transient aircraft without prior permission through Monday night.
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  Cedric: New Jersey.
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  Cedric: The state of emergency, effective since 5 p.m.
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  Cedric: Friday, covers Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean and Salem counties.
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  Cedric: About 50,300 customers are without power, the highest total of any state.
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  Cedric: A Flood Warning covers Monmouth and Ocean counties through midmorning, and a Coastal Flood Advisory covers the Atlantic and Cape May county coasts into the afternoon.
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  Cedric: Crews rescued a woman and her dog from a vehicle in Sea Bright.
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  Cedric: New York.
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  Cedric: A 56-year-old New York City Housing Authority employee died when a tree fell in a Brooklyn parking lot, and four people were hurt by a separate falling tree.
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  Cedric: Executive Order 63 declares a state disaster emergency for Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester counties and contiguous counties.
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  Cedric: About 34,900 customers remain without power, and Montauk Point recorded an 81 mph gust during the storm.
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  Cedric: Coastal Flood Advisories cover New York Harbor, the Long Island south shore, the Bronx and southern Westchester into this afternoon.
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  Cedric: North Carolina.
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  Cedric: Dare County's state of emergency for Hatteras Island stays in force with N.C.
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  Cedric: 12 closed between the Marc Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe, where ocean overwash undermined about 500 feet of pavement near the Pea Island Visitor Center.
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  Cedric: The NCDOT Ferry Division started three-boat, 24 hour emergency service between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe at 11 a.m.
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  Cedric: Sunday, with a crossing of roughly two hours.
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  Cedric: Rodanthe-bound access is limited to essential personnel, critical business vendors and permanent island residents, with law enforcement enforcing the restriction and non-resident visitors and property owners turned back.
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  Cedric: NCDOT says ferry space is limited and travelers should expect long lines and significant delays.
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  Cedric: N.C.
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  Cedric: 12 reopened on the north end of Ocracoke Island at 1:30 p.m.
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  Cedric: Sunday.
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  Cedric: Oklahoma.
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  Cedric: The Stone Bridge Fire five miles northeast of Wilburton is 130 acres and 60 percent contained after extreme behavior with short crown runs, spotting and uphill runs.
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  Cedric: One structure is lost and residences are threatened.
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  Cedric: Texas.
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  Cedric: The Rafter 4B Fire eight miles southeast of Eldorado is 1,250 acres with no containment, showing wind-driven runs and group torching.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service also has Air Quality Alerts up through this evening for the Houston and Galveston area and for the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex.
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  Cedric: Washington.
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  Cedric: The Second Street Fire a mile southeast of Benton City is 1,151 acres and 60 percent contained after extreme fire behavior with wind-driven runs.
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  Cedric: Seven structures are lost, and residences and energy infrastructure are threatened.
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  Cedric: The Three Queens Fire east of Snoqualmie Pass is 9,575 acres and 31 percent contained, with numerous residences and critical infrastructure threatened, and the Sisi Fire northwest of Stehekin is 4,305 acres and 15 percent contained with residences threatened.
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  Cedric: A Wind Advisory covers San Juan County and the western Whatcom County lowlands into Tuesday afternoon.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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  Cedric: Stay Safe.