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DOE declares power emergency as record heat hits the East; Utah's Cottonwood Fire nears 93,000 acres; Kentucky recovers from deadly flooding · EM Morning Brief

• 0:30
  Good
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  morning.
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  I'm
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  Cedric
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  and
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  This
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  is
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  your
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  EM
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  Morning
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  Brief
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  for
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  Wednesday,
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  July
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  1,
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  2026
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  and
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  today's
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  episode
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  is
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  sponsored
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  by
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  the
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  Nimstor.
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  A
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  Dangerous
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  Record
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  challenging
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  heat
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  wave
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  grips
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  the
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  central
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  and
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  eastern
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  United
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  States
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  with
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  heat
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  indices
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  forecast
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  above
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  100
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  degrees
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  from
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  the
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  Plains
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  through
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  the
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  Northeast
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  into
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  the
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  weekend.
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  On
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  June
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  30,
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  the
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  U.S.
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  department
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  of
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  Energy
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  issued
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  an
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  emergency
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  order
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  for
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  the
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  PJM
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  Interconnection,
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  the
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  nation's
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  largest
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  grid
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  operator
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  serving
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  about
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  67
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  million
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  people
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  across
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  13
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  states
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  and
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  the
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  District
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  of
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  Columbia,
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  authorizing
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  power
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  plants
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  to
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  run
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  at
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  maximum
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  output
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  to
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  meet
• 1:08
  demand
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  that
• 1:09
  could
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  approach
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  or
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  exceed
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  the
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  grid's
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  all
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  time
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  Summer
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  Peak
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  on
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  July
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  2.
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  Grid
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  operators
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  and
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  the
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  National
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  Weather
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  Service
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  urge
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  residents
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  to
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  limit
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  strenuous
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  outdoor
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  activity,
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  check
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  on
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  vulnerable
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  neighbors
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  and
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  use
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  cooling
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  centers
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  where
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  available.
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  Wildfire
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  activity
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  remains
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  high
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  across
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  the
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  West.
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  The
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  National
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  Interagency
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  Fire
• 1:30
  center
• 1:30
  holds
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  the
• 1:31
  national
• 1:31
  preparedness
• 1:32
  level
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  at
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  four
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  of
• 1:33
  five,
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  with
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  54
• 1:34
  uncontained
• 1:35
  large
• 1:35
  fires
• 1:36
  and
• 1:36
  more
• 1:36
  than
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  8,200
• 1:37
  personnel
• 1:38
  assigned.
• 1:38
  Nationwide,
• 1:40
  roughly
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  35,884
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  fires
• 1:43
  have
• 1:43
  burned
• 1:43
  over
• 1:43
  3.1
• 1:44
  million
• 1:44
  acres
• 1:45
  so
• 1:45
  far
• 1:45
  this
• 1:45
  year.
• 1:46
  The
• 1:47
  largest
• 1:47
  active
• 1:47
  incident
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  is
• 1:48
  Utah's
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  Cottonwood
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  Fire
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  near
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  Beaver,
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  which
• 1:51
  fire
• 1:51
  managers
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  describe
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  as
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  potentially
• 1:53
  the
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  most
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  destructive
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  in
• 1:54
  state
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  history.
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  Additional
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  large,
• 1:56
  fast
• 1:56
  moving
• 1:57
  fires
• 1:57
  are
• 1:57
  driving
• 1:58
  evacuations
• 1:58
  in
• 1:58
  Colorado,
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  Arizona,
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  New
• 2:00
  Mexico,
• 2:00
  Nevada,
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  Washington
• 2:01
  and
• 2:02
  Alaska.
• 2:04
  In
• 2:04
  Kentucky,
• 2:05
  recovery
• 2:05
  continues
• 2:06
  after
• 2:06
  weekend
• 2:06
  flash
• 2:07
  flooding
• 2:07
  that
• 2:07
  killed
• 2:08
  four
• 2:08
  people
• 2:08
  and
• 2:08
  prompted
• 2:09
  at
• 2:09
  least
• 2:09
  63
• 2:10
  water
• 2:10
  rescues.
• 2:12
  Governor
• 2:12
  Andy
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  Beshear
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  maintains
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  a
• 2:14
  statewide
• 2:14
  emergency
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  and
• 2:15
  more
• 2:15
  than
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  two
• 2:16
  dozen
• 2:16
  local
• 2:16
  jurisdictions
• 2:17
  have
• 2:18
  declared
• 2:18
  emergencies
• 2:19
  as
• 2:19
  extreme
• 2:19
  heat
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  now
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  complicates
• 2:21
  response.
• 2:23
  Forecasters
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  also
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  flag
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  a
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  marginal
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  risk
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  of
• 2:25
  excessive
• 2:26
  rainfall
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  and
• 2:27
  isolated
• 2:27
  flash
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  flooding
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  across
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  the
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  upper
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  Mississippi
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  Valley,
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  the
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  Upper
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  Great
• 2:31
  Lakes,
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  southwest
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  Texas,
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  New
• 2:33
  England
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  and
• 2:34
  South
• 2:34
  Florida.
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  In
• 2:35
  the
• 2:35
  tropics,
• 2:36
  the
• 2:36
  National
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  Hurricane
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  center
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  gives
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  an
• 2:38
  area
• 2:38
  in
• 2:38
  the
• 2:38
  eastern
• 2:39
  Pacific
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  a
• 2:39
  high
• 2:40
  chance
• 2:40
  of
• 2:40
  becoming
• 2:41
  a
• 2:41
  tropical
• 2:41
  depression
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  with
• 2:42
  no
• 2:43
  threat
• 2:43
  to
• 2:43
  the
• 2:43
  United
• 2:43
  States.
• 2:44
  While
• 2:45
  the
• 2:45
  Atlantic
• 2:45
  remains
• 2:46
  quiet,
• 2:48
  lets
• 2:48
  run
• 2:48
  through
• 2:48
  the
• 2:50
  Alaska
• 2:51
  the
• 2:51
  Starry
• 2:51
  Fire
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  near
• 2:52
  Anderson
• 2:52
  threatens
• 2:53
  structures
• 2:53
  and
• 2:53
  critical
• 2:54
  infrastructure
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  with
• 2:55
  area
• 2:56
  closures
• 2:56
  in
• 2:56
  effect.
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  Arizona
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  Multiple
• 2:59
  fires
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  are
• 2:59
  active.
• 3:00
  The
• 3:01
  Pocket
• 3:01
  Fire
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  about
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  seven
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  miles
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  north
• 3:02
  of
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  Sedona
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  shows
• 3:04
  running,
• 3:04
  torching
• 3:05
  and
• 3:05
  spotting
• 3:05
  with
• 3:06
  numerous
• 3:06
  structures
• 3:06
  threatened.
• 3:07
  The
• 3:08
  Steamboat
• 3:08
  Fire
• 3:08
  near
• 3:08
  Dripping
• 3:09
  Springs
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  and
• 3:10
  the
• 3:10
  Sycamore
• 3:10
  Fire
• 3:11
  north
• 3:11
  of
• 3:11
  Globe
• 3:11
  threaten
• 3:12
  structures
• 3:12
  and
• 3:12
  energy
• 3:13
  infrastructure.
• 3:14
  Evacuations.
• 3:15
  Area
• 3:16
  road
• 3:16
  and
• 3:16
  trail
• 3:17
  closures
• 3:17
  are
• 3:17
  in
• 3:18
  effect.
• 3:19
  Colorado
• 3:20
  the
• 3:21
  Aspen
• 3:21
  Acres
• 3:21
  Fire
• 3:22
  in
• 3:22
  Pueblo
• 3:22
  in
• 3:22
  Custer
• 3:23
  Counties
• 3:23
  has
• 3:23
  burned
• 3:23
  about
• 3:24
  28,314
• 3:25
  acres
• 3:26
  with
• 3:26
  zero
• 3:26
  containment
• 3:27
  and
• 3:27
  an
• 3:27
  estimated
• 3:28
  155
• 3:29
  structures
• 3:30
  lost.
• 3:31
  The
• 3:31
  communities
• 3:32
  of
• 3:32
  Rye,
• 3:32
  Beulah
• 3:33
  and
• 3:33
  San
• 3:33
  Isabel
• 3:34
  are
• 3:34
  evacuated
• 3:35
  and
• 3:35
  Governor
• 3:36
  Jared
• 3:36
  Polis
• 3:36
  has
• 3:36
  declared
• 3:37
  a
• 3:37
  disaster
• 3:37
  emergency.
• 3:39
  The
• 3:39
  Ferris
• 3:40
  Fire
• 3:40
  near
• 3:40
  the
• 3:40
  San
• 3:41
  Juan
• 3:41
  National
• 3:41
  Forest
• 3:42
  has
• 3:42
  grown
• 3:42
  to
• 3:42
  nearly
• 3:43
  20,000
• 3:43
  acres.
• 3:45
  Hawaii
• 3:45
  official
• 3:46
  update
• 3:46
  published
• 3:47
  within
• 3:47
  the
• 3:47
  last
• 3:47
  24
• 3:48
  hours.
• 3:49
  The
• 3:49
  USGS
• 3:50
  Hawaiian
• 3:51
  Volcano
• 3:51
  Observatory
• 3:52
  reports
• 3:52
  Kilauea
• 3:53
  is
• 3:53
  not
• 3:53
  erupting
• 3:54
  at
• 3:54
  volcano
• 3:55
  alert
• 3:55
  level
• 3:55
  advisory
• 3:56
  and
• 3:56
  aviation
• 3:57
  color
• 3:57
  code
• 3:58
  yellow
• 3:58
  after
• 3:59
  episode
• 3:59
  50.
• 4:00
  Lava
• 4:00
  Fountaining
• 4:00
  paused
• 4:01
  June
• 4:01
  27.
• 4:02
  Models
• 4:03
  suggest
• 4:03
  the
• 4:03
  next
• 4:04
  fountaining
• 4:04
  episode
• 4:05
  is
• 4:05
  likely
• 4:05
  between
• 4:05
  July
• 4:06
  6
• 4:06
  and
• 4:07
  10.
• 4:07
  Hazards
• 4:08
  remain
• 4:08
  within
• 4:09
  the
• 4:09
  closed
• 4:09
  area
• 4:09
  of
• 4:09
  Hawaii
• 4:10
  Volcanoes
• 4:10
  national
• 4:11
  park
• 4:11
  from
• 4:11
  crater
• 4:12
  wall
• 4:12
  instability,
• 4:13
  ground
• 4:13
  cracking
• 4:14
  and
• 4:14
  rock
• 4:14
  falls.
• 4:15
  Kentucky
• 4:16
  Search
• 4:16
  and
• 4:16
  rescue
• 4:17
  teams
• 4:17
  continue
• 4:17
  surveying
• 4:18
  rural
• 4:18
  counties
• 4:19
  after
• 4:19
  flash
• 4:19
  flooding
• 4:20
  killed
• 4:20
  four
• 4:20
  people
• 4:21
  and
• 4:21
  prompted
• 4:21
  at
• 4:22
  least
• 4:22
  63
• 4:23
  rescues
• 4:24
  with
• 4:24
  rainfall
• 4:24
  totals
• 4:25
  up
• 4:25
  to
• 4:25
  8
• 4:25
  inches
• 4:26
  in
• 4:26
  places.
• 4:28
  A
• 4:28
  statewide
• 4:28
  emergency
• 4:29
  remains
• 4:29
  in
• 4:29
  effect
• 4:30
  and
• 4:30
  26
• 4:31
  local
• 4:31
  jurisdictions
• 4:32
  have
• 4:32
  declared
• 4:32
  emergencies.
• 4:34
  Extreme
• 4:35
  heat
• 4:35
  now
• 4:35
  compounds
• 4:36
  recovery
• 4:36
  efforts.
• 4:37
  Michigan
• 4:38
  Extreme
• 4:39
  heat
• 4:39
  is
• 4:39
  straining
• 4:40
  the
• 4:40
  grid
• 4:40
  in
• 4:40
  the
• 4:40
  Detroit
• 4:41
  area
• 4:41
  where
• 4:41
  DTE
• 4:42
  Energy
• 4:42
  reported
• 4:43
  equipment
• 4:43
  related
• 4:44
  outages
• 4:44
  affecting
• 4:45
  hundreds
• 4:45
  of
• 4:45
  homes
• 4:46
  late
• 4:46
  June
• 4:46
  30.
• 4:48
  Missouri
• 4:49
  St.
• 4:50
  Louis
• 4:50
  issued
• 4:50
  a
• 4:51
  precautionary
• 4:51
  boil
• 4:52
  water
• 4:52
  advisory
• 4:52
  June
• 4:53
  30
• 4:53
  for
• 4:54
  parts
• 4:54
  of
• 4:54
  north
• 4:54
  and
• 4:54
  South
• 4:55
  City
• 4:55
  after
• 4:56
  a
• 4:56
  pump
• 4:56
  unexpectedly
• 4:57
  tripped
• 4:57
  offline
• 4:58
  at
• 4:58
  the
• 4:58
  Chain
• 4:58
  of
• 4:59
  Rocks
• 4:59
  water
• 4:59
  treatment
• 5:00
  plant.
• 5:00
  Officials
• 5:01
  say
• 5:01
  no
• 5:01
  contamination
• 5:02
  was
• 5:02
  detected
• 5:03
  and
• 5:03
  the
• 5:04
  advisory
• 5:04
  is
• 5:05
  precautionary.
• 5:06
  Nevada
• 5:07
  the
• 5:07
  Grapevine
• 5:08
  Fire
• 5:08
  in
• 5:08
  Lincoln
• 5:09
  county
• 5:09
  has
• 5:09
  burned
• 5:09
  roughly
• 5:10
  26,460
• 5:12
  acres
• 5:12
  with
• 5:12
  extreme
• 5:13
  behavior
• 5:13
  including
• 5:14
  wind
• 5:14
  driven
• 5:14
  runs
• 5:15
  and
• 5:15
  tree
• 5:15
  torching.
• 5:16
  A
• 5:17
  Level
• 5:17
  1
• 5:17
  ready
• 5:17
  evacuation
• 5:18
  warning
• 5:19
  covers
• 5:19
  neighboring
• 5:19
  zones.
• 5:21
  NEW
• 5:21
  Mexico
• 5:21
  the
• 5:21
  Canyon
• 5:22
  Venado
• 5:22
  Fire
• 5:23
  is
• 5:23
  burning
• 5:23
  about
• 5:23
  five
• 5:24
  miles
• 5:24
  east
• 5:24
  of
• 5:24
  Klein's
• 5:25
  Corners.
• 5:26
  New
• 5:27
  York
• 5:27
  New
• 5:28
  York
• 5:28
  City
• 5:28
  is
• 5:28
  under
• 5:29
  an
• 5:29
  extreme
• 5:29
  heat
• 5:29
  warning
• 5:30
  with
• 5:30
  temperatures
• 5:31
  forecast
• 5:31
  to
• 5:31
  approach
• 5:32
  105
• 5:33
  degrees.
• 5:34
  The
• 5:34
  city
• 5:34
  has
• 5:34
  opened
• 5:35
  cooling
• 5:35
  centers
• 5:35
  and
• 5:36
  urged
• 5:36
  residents
• 5:36
  to
• 5:37
  take
• 5:37
  precautions.
• 5:39
  North
• 5:39
  Carolina
• 5:41
  Northwestern
• 5:41
  counties
• 5:42
  saw
• 5:42
  flooding
• 5:42
  as
• 5:43
  the
• 5:43
  same
• 5:43
  storm
• 5:43
  system
• 5:44
  that
• 5:44
  struck
• 5:44
  Kentucky
• 5:45
  moved
• 5:45
  through
• 5:45
  the
• 5:45
  region
• 5:46
  and
• 5:46
  local
• 5:47
  response
• 5:47
  continues.
• 5:50
  Large
• 5:51
  fires
• 5:51
  have
• 5:51
  triggered
• 5:52
  evacuations
• 5:52
  and
• 5:53
  threatened
• 5:53
  structures
• 5:53
  in
• 5:54
  parts
• 5:54
  of
• 5:54
  the
• 5:54
  state
• 5:54
  amid
• 5:55
  hot,
• 5:55
  dry
• 5:55
  and
• 5:56
  windy
• 5:56
  conditions.
• 5:58
  South
• 5:58
  Carolina
• 5:59
  West
• 5:59
  Columbia
• 6:00
  issued
• 6:00
  a
• 6:00
  boil
• 6:01
  water
• 6:01
  advisory
• 6:02
  June
• 6:02
  30
• 6:03
  for
• 6:03
  areas
• 6:03
  affected
• 6:04
  by
• 6:04
  a
• 6:04
  water
• 6:04
  main
• 6:05
  break.
• 6:06
  Residents
• 6:06
  are
• 6:07
  advised
• 6:07
  to
• 6:07
  boil
• 6:08
  water
• 6:08
  for
• 6:08
  at
• 6:08
  least
• 6:08
  one
• 6:09
  minute
• 6:09
  before
• 6:09
  drinking
• 6:10
  or
• 6:10
  cooking.
• 6:11
  Tennessee
• 6:12
  One
• 6:13
  flooding
• 6:13
  death
• 6:13
  is
• 6:14
  confirmed
• 6:14
  in
• 6:14
  the
• 6:14
  northeast
• 6:15
  part
• 6:15
  of
• 6:15
  the
• 6:15
  state
• 6:16
  from
• 6:16
  the
• 6:16
  same
• 6:16
  system
• 6:17
  affecting
• 6:17
  Kentucky.
• 6:19
  Utah
• 6:20
  the
• 6:20
  Cottonwood
• 6:21
  Fire
• 6:21
  near
• 6:21
  Beaver
• 6:22
  has
• 6:22
  burned
• 6:22
  about
• 6:22
  92,820
• 6:24
  acres
• 6:24
  at
• 6:24
  4%
• 6:25
  containment
• 6:25
  with
• 6:26
  roughly
• 6:26
  150
• 6:27
  structures
• 6:28
  lost.
• 6:28
  Mandatory
• 6:29
  evacuations
• 6:30
  are
• 6:30
  in
• 6:30
  effect
• 6:30
  for
• 6:31
  Eagle
• 6:31
  Point
• 6:31
  Resort,
• 6:32
  Merchant
• 6:32
  Valley,
• 6:33
  Hilo
• 6:34
  Estates
• 6:34
  and
• 6:34
  Arrowhead
• 6:35
  summer
• 6:35
  homes,
• 6:36
  while
• 6:36
  Marysvale
• 6:37
  Junction
• 6:38
  and
• 6:38
  Circleville
• 6:38
  are
• 6:38
  in
• 6:39
  ready
• 6:39
  status.
• 6:40
  Rocky
• 6:40
  Mountain
• 6:40
  Power
• 6:41
  has
• 6:41
  de
• 6:41
  energized
• 6:41
  lines
• 6:42
  in
• 6:42
  Puke
• 6:42
  county
• 6:43
  and
• 6:43
  warns
• 6:43
  of
• 6:44
  a
• 6:44
  prolonged
• 6:44
  outage.
• 6:45
  The
• 6:46
  Snyder
• 6:46
  Fire
• 6:47
  straddling
• 6:47
  Utah
• 6:48
  and
• 6:48
  western
• 6:48
  Colorado
• 6:49
  has
• 6:49
  burned
• 6:50
  more
• 6:50
  than
• 6:50
  30,000
• 6:51
  acres
• 6:51
  at
• 6:51
  0
• 6:52
  containment.
• 6:54
  Washington
• 6:55
  the
• 6:55
  Lyle
• 6:56
  Hill
• 6:56
  Fire,
• 6:56
  about
• 6:56
  10
• 6:57
  miles
• 6:57
  northwest
• 6:57
  of
• 6:58
  the
• 6:58
  Dalles,
• 6:58
  shows
• 6:59
  active
• 6:59
  behavior,
• 6:59
  with
• 7:00
  numerous
• 7:00
  structures
• 7:01
  threatened
• 7:01
  and
• 7:01
  evacuations
• 7:02
  in
• 7:02
  effect.
• 7:04
  All
• 7:04
  other
• 7:05
  states
• 7:05
  and
• 7:05
  territories
• 7:06
  have
• 7:06
  no
• 7:06
  significant
• 7:07
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• 7:07
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• 7:13
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:14
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• 7:15
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• 7:15
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• 7:16
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• 7:16
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• 7:16
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• 7:17
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• 7:17
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