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Blizzard and coastal flood warnings across western Alaska; mandatory evacuations in Colorado; CISA publishes an advisory batch · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Friday, October 23, 2026.
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  Cedric: A powerful Bering Sea storm reaches the western Alaska coast this morning.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service has blizzard warnings up for six zones, from the Western Arctic Coast south to Eastern Norton Sound, with wind gusts to 65 miles an hour, snow accumulations between 8 and 15 inches on the Interior Seward
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  Cedric: Peninsula, and visibility dropping below a quarter mile in blowing snow.
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  Cedric: A coastal flood warning covers the Yukon Delta coast through late Sunday evening.
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  Cedric: At Hooper Bay, forecasters expect water as much as 7 feet above normal high tide, enough to close the airstrip and cut off parts of town.
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  Cedric: The Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management has increased standby staffing through the weekend.
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  Cedric: In the Southwest, a second day of heavy rain keeps flood warnings in place across southwestern Colorado, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico and southern Utah.
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  Cedric: Archuleta County, Colorado is under mandatory evacuations along four rivers, and the Weather Service reports flooded structures and continuing sandbag operations in the San Luis Valley.
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  Cedric: On the Navajo Nation, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority is working power outages in seven districts and water outages in six.
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  Cedric: On the cyber side, CISA published a batch of Siemens industrial control system advisories Thursday, numbered ICSA-26-295-09 through ICSA-26-295-18.
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  Cedric: They cover SIMATIC S7-1500 controllers, the SIMATIC S7 web server, WinCC, RUGGEDCOM CROSSBOW and Industrial Edge devices.
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  Cedric: The web server advisory describes multiple flaws that let an attacker run code in an authorized user's browser session and perform PLC operations within that user's authorization.
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  Cedric: Siemens is preparing fixes and recommends specific mitigations where fixes are not yet available, so water, power and public works operational technology owners should check asset inventories against the affected product lists.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Alaska.
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  Cedric: NWS Fairbanks issued blizzard warnings late Thursday for the Western Arctic Coast, the Interior and Southern Seward Peninsula Coast, Shishmaref and the Bering Strait Coast, Kivalina and Red Dog Dock, and Eastern Norton Sound.
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  Cedric: The Interior Seward Peninsula warning runs from 4 a.m.
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  Cedric: Friday to 10 a.m.
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  Cedric: Saturday with 8 to 15 inches of snow and gusts to 65 miles an hour, and the Weather Service tells residents to restrict travel to emergencies only.
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  Cedric: NWS Anchorage has a high wind warning through early Saturday for the Kuskokwim Delta coast, the Western Capes and the Northern Bristol Bay Coast, with sustained winds to 50 miles an hour and gusts to 75.
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  Cedric: Coastal flood advisories cover Kipnuk, Kwigillingok and Kongiganak, where the Weather Service expects water in low structures not built on stilts.
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  Cedric: Forecasters flag significant uncertainty on a second system behind this one.
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  Cedric: Arizona.
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  Cedric: Navajo County declared an emergency Thursday morning after a suspected tornado tore through Heber and Overgaard Wednesday evening.
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  Cedric: NWS Flagstaff had a tornado warning out for Heber, Overgaard, Aripine and Mogollon Airpark from 7:01 to 7:30 p.m.
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  Cedric: One man caught outside was taken to a medical center with injuries that are not life threatening.
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  Cedric: Downed lines left most of the area without power, and the utility restored most customers by Thursday morning.
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  Cedric: A reception center is open at the Navajo County Heber Complex, and the Red Cross opened shelters in Heber, Phoenix and Chinle.
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  Cedric: Arizona saw 11 tornado warnings statewide Wednesday.
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  Cedric: NWS Flagstaff also has a flood warning on the Little Colorado River from Woodruff to Leupp through early Saturday, warning of deadly flooding over low water crossings, and the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority is working power and water outages in
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  Cedric: Chinle, Kayenta, Tuba City, Dilkon and Fort Defiance.
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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: Colorado.
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  Cedric: The Archuleta County Sheriff's Office and the Town of Pagosa Springs ordered mandatory evacuations shortly before 2 p.m.
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  Cedric: Thursday for low-lying areas along the San Juan, Rio Blanco, Navajo and Piedra rivers.
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  Cedric: The town's evacuation warning also closes the San Juan River trails, four town parks and the river boat ramps.
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  Cedric: La Plata County issued a pre-evacuation order for the North Vallecito area around 6 p.m.
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  Cedric: CDOT closed US 550 over Red Mountain Pass between Silverton and Ouray ahead of heavy rain, and Colorado 151 is closed south of the US 160 junction.
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  Cedric: In the San Luis Valley, the Weather Service reports evacuations running from Wolf Creek Ranch to Fun Valley, several flooded structures and continuing sandbag operations across Mineral, Rio Grande and Saguache counties.
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  Cedric: County Road 509 near Dry Creek collapsed after a culvert washed out.
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  Cedric: Indiana.
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  Cedric: Parkview Health restored the MyChart patient portal and its Find a Doctor tool Thursday, after taking its network offline in response to suspicious activity.
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  Cedric: Patients can again request prescription refills, schedule appointments and send messages through the portal.
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  Cedric: Billing functions and video visits remain unavailable, and Parkview has not given a restoration timeline or described the activity that prompted the shutdown.
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  Cedric: New Mexico.
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  Cedric: NWS Albuquerque has flood warnings on the San Juan River at Farmington and at Shiprock, the Animas River at Farmington, and the Rio Chama above Abiquiu and below Chamita.
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  Cedric: The San Juan River at Shiprock stood at 14.3 feet Thursday evening against a bankfull stage of 13.5 feet, and the Rio Chama above Abiquiu was at 10.7 feet against bankfull of 10.2 feet.
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  Cedric: A separate warning covered Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval, Cibola and McKinley counties overnight.
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  Cedric: The Navajo Tribal Utility Authority is working power and water outages in Shiprock and Crownpoint.
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  Cedric: North Carolina.
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  Cedric: NCDOT activated 24-hour emergency ferry service between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe, running nine departures each way Thursday and adding a 2 a.m.
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  Cedric: run Friday.
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  Cedric: N.C.
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  Cedric: 12 is closed between the Marc Basnight Bridge and Rodanthe, where waves undermined about 800 feet of pavement at the Pea Island Visitor Center and more than 1,800 feet of protective dune was lost.
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  Cedric: NCDOT has no reopening timeline and cannot complete a damage assessment until high tides and overwash subside.
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  Cedric: Dare County reentry rules limit Rodanthe-bound boats to essential personnel, permanent residents, critical vendors, nonresident property owners and island employees.
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  Cedric: Bulk petroleum and propane deliveries are limited to the 5 p.m.
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  Cedric: departure from Stumpy Point and the 2 a.m.
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  Cedric: departure from Rodanthe.
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  Cedric: Ohio.
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  Cedric: The tank at the MC Tank Terminal on Progress Avenue in North Toledo has stopped releasing glycidyl methacrylate, and hazmat crews reached it for inspection Thursday evening.
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  Cedric: Toledo Fire and Rescue cut the evacuation zone to a quarter mile, covering 64 households, down from the one square mile order that affected close to 1,000 households at its peak.
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  Cedric: Area hospitals treated 57 people for symptoms tied to the release, with seven still under care Thursday afternoon and none in serious condition.
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  Cedric: Crews monitor the site overnight, and the scene passes to the U.S.
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  Cedric: EPA for cleanup once a site safety plan is received.
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  Cedric: Utah.
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  Cedric: NWS Salt Lake City held a flood warning through Friday morning for Wayne County and parts of Emery, Sevier, San Juan, Garfield and Kane counties, and NWS Grand Junction has a warning covering eastern Grand County into Friday evening.
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  Cedric: Wyoming.
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  Cedric: NWS Cheyenne has a high wind warning until 3 p.m.
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  Cedric: for the Interstate 80 corridor near Arlington and Elk Mountain, with gusts to 60 miles an hour that are hazardous to light high-profile vehicles.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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