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Hurricane Lowell triggers Kauai County hurricane warning; five killed in Miami International cargo plane runway overrun · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Monday, September 7, 2026.
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  Cedric: Hurricane Lowell is the day's dominant life-safety event.
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  Cedric: The Central Pacific Hurricane Center's 2 a.m.
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  Cedric: Hawaii time intermediate advisory places Lowell about 415 miles southwest of Lihue with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles an hour, a Category 3, moving north-northeast at 10 miles an hour.
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  Cedric: A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Kauai County, including the islands of Kauai and Niihau, and for the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument from Nihoa to French Frigate Shoals.
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  Cedric: Hurricane conditions are expected in Kauai County beginning this afternoon or evening.
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  Cedric: Forecasters expect an additional 6 to 10 inches of rain on Kauai with maximum totals near 14 inches, storm surge of 1 to 3 feet above ground in Kauai County, and several tornadoes near Kauai and Niihau.
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  Cedric: Lowell is forecast to remain a hurricane as it passes just west of the main Hawaiian Islands tonight.
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  Cedric: In Florida, five people are dead and five injured after a Boeing 767 freighter arriving from San Juan overran a runway at Miami International Airport around 2 p.m.
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  Cedric: Eastern Sunday.
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  Cedric: Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava announced the casualty figures Sunday evening, and Fire Rescue reports about 200 personnel and more than 60 units responded, with three patients transported in critical condition.
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  Cedric: Officials have not said whether those killed were aboard the aircraft or on the ground.
• 1:36
  Cedric: The FAA's Command Center issued a ground stop that was lifted after roughly three hours, and Miami-Dade Aviation Department officials say two runways have reopened.
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  Cedric: Delays and cancellations continue this morning.
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  Cedric: The National Transportation Safety Board is leading the investigation with a go-team headed by Chair Jennifer Homendy.
• 1:58
  Cedric: The national wildfire picture holds at Preparedness Level 4.
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  Cedric: The National Interagency Fire Center's Sunday situation report counts 75 uncontained large fires and just over 3.8 million acres burning, with 16,502 personnel committed.
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  Cedric: Year to date the country has recorded 8.3 million acres, 158 percent of the ten-year average.
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  Cedric: Heat is the other national thread: Extreme Heat Warnings are up in Arizona, California, Kansas, Missouri and Puerto Rico, with Heat Advisories across much of the South.
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  Cedric: On the federal side, DHS has no active National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin, and CISA added no new exploited vulnerabilities over the weekend.
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  Cedric: Its most recent addition, a Chromium V8 flaw, carries a September 18 federal remediation deadline.
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  Cedric: FDA published a recall Sunday of ready-to-eat deli salads and cream cheese distributed across New York City for possible Listeria contamination.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Hawaii: Kauai County is in full response posture.
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  Cedric: Mayor Derek Kawakami signed a county emergency proclamation Sunday, layered on Governor Josh Green's statewide proclamation.
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  Cedric: The county closed all parks and campgrounds and opened five refuge areas at 5 p.m.
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  Cedric: Sunday in partnership with the American Red Cross.
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  Cedric: Officials describe the refuge areas as an option of last resort: they are not stocked with food, water, bedding or medical staff, and residents are told to bring their own supplies.
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  Cedric: Pets are accepted with food, water and crates.
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  Cedric: The Kauai Bus is off its regular schedule today because buses are supporting shelter transportation.
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  Cedric: Wailua Golf Course and all state parks and forest reserves are closed until further notice.
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  Cedric: Lihue Airport remains open and no road closures were in place as of Sunday afternoon, though officials warn Kuhio Highway near the Hanalei Bridge could close with little or no notice.
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  Cedric: A statewide Flood Watch runs through Tuesday afternoon, with a High Surf Warning for south-facing shores.
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  Cedric: Separately, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports Kilauea's summit inflated rapidly over the past 24 hours and forecasts a September 7 to 10 window for the start of eruptive episode 55.
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  Cedric: The volcano remains at Advisory.
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  Cedric: California: Two Monterey County fires are driving evacuations.
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  Cedric: The Plaskett Fire on the south Big Sur coast is 29,862 acres and 37 percent contained as of Sunday evening, with evacuation orders in 15 zones and warnings in 19 more in Monterey County plus three in San Luis Obispo
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  Cedric: County.
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  Cedric: Highway 1 is hard closed from Kirk Creek Campground south to the county line.
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  Cedric: The Timber Fire is 25,357 acres and 27 percent contained, with orders in 13 zones and warnings in 26, 661 structures threatened and three firefighter injuries confirmed.
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  Cedric: A Southwest Complex incident management team took command of Timber at 6 p.m.
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  Cedric: Sunday.
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  Cedric: A joint evacuation shelter for both fires is open at Santa Rosa Catholic Church in Cambria.
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  Cedric: Extreme Heat Warnings also cover Imperial County and the lower Colorado River valley into Friday evening.
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  Cedric: Florida: Miami International is operating on reduced runway capacity this morning following Sunday's cargo aircraft overrun, with delays and cancellations continuing.
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  Cedric: The disabled aircraft remains at the northwest end of the airfield, and the NTSB chair is expected to brief today.
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  Cedric: Washington: Kittitas County has reduced evacuation levels around the Three Queens and Goat fires.
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  Cedric: Three Queens is 9,444 acres and 11 percent contained east of Snoqualmie Pass.
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  Cedric: Goat is 809 acres and 3 percent contained north of Ronald, with structure protection underway around the Big Boulder, Paris and Salmon La Sac communities.
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  Cedric: Several zones dropped from Level 3 to Level 2 and from Level 2 to Level 1, and all other warnings remain at their current levels.
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  Cedric: Statewide, the Sinlahekin Fire stands at 166,116 acres and 59 percent containment with 30 structures lost.
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  Cedric: Washington has 13 large fires, the most of any state.
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  Cedric: Oregon: The McCully Fire northwest of Baker City is 13,565 acres and 25 percent contained with 769 personnel assigned, and evacuations, area and road closures remain in effect.
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  Cedric: Command transfers from Northwest Team 3 to California Team 1.
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  Cedric: Elsewhere, the Hagen, Austin and Paradise fires continue to threaten residences and critical infrastructure.
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  Cedric: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck about 200 miles off the Oregon coast Sunday evening.
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  Cedric: No tsunami message was issued and no onshore impacts are reported.
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  Cedric: Minnesota: Fergus Falls and Otter Tail County took a direct hit from flash flooding Sunday night.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service issued a flash flood warning at 10:21 p.m.
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  Cedric: Central on public reports of stalled vehicles and flooded roads, with 4 to 6 inches of rain fallen.
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  Cedric: The city has asked residents to conserve water, calling it a critical situation because the wastewater plant is taking excessive inflow that began around 5 p.m.
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  Cedric: The city says it is unclear when normal water use can resume.
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  Cedric: Additional flash flood warnings hit Faribault and Kittson counties.
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  Cedric: We have more to cover this morning, but first, a quick word from our sponsors.
• 7:33
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  Cedric: Now, back to this morning’s updates.
• 7:41
  Cedric: Michigan: Restoration continues from last week's severe storms and tornado outbreak, which cut power to more than 400,000 customers.
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  Cedric: As of Sunday midday a little more than 125,000 remain out, roughly 57,000 DTE Energy and 68,000 Consumers Energy.
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  Cedric: Both utilities have shifted from promising full restoration Sunday to restoring most customers, and Consumers has mutual-aid crews from Pennsylvania, Alabama and Kentucky working 16-hour shifts.
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  Cedric: North Carolina: The City of Asheboro in Randolph County declared a state of emergency Sunday morning after Saturday storms downed hundreds of trees across more than 40 streets.
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  Cedric: City officials say more than 1,500 residents could be without power for an extended period while poles and lines are replaced.
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  Cedric: Separately, the Weather Service issued a flash flood warning early this morning for south central McDowell and northwestern Rutherford counties, with minor flooding reported in the Sugar Hill community and 2 to 4 inches of rain already down.
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  Cedric: Georgia: Georgia Power restoration continued Sunday after storms with 60 mile an hour gusts and hail cut power to more than 50,000 customers across Fulton, DeKalb and Gwinnett counties.
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  Cedric: About 5,000 remained out Sunday morning.
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  Cedric: Separately, a large industrial fire in South Fulton is still burning this morning, and officials have issued a smoke advisory telling nearby residents to keep windows and doors closed.
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  Cedric: Idaho: Twelve large fires are burning statewide, with the Crooked, Moose Mountain and Cascade fires threatening structures.
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  Cedric: Montana: Eleven large fires are active, and a Flood Watch covers northwest Montana through Tuesday midday, where the Weather Prediction Center has the country's only Slight Risk of excessive rainfall today.
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  Cedric: South Dakota: The Needles Fire on the Pine Ridge Agency grew roughly 3,000 acres in 24 hours to about 4,000 acres at 30 percent containment with structures threatened, and Red Flag Warnings cover several western counties through this evening.
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  Cedric: Texas: The Ross Fire has burned 90,400 acres with 157 structures lost and no evacuations in place, and river flood warnings continue for Pine Island Bayou near Sour Lake and the Neches River through Wednesday evening.
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  Cedric: Utah: The Broad Fire at the mouth of Weber Canyon is about 134 acres and 10 percent contained, with Interstate 84 restricted to one lane in each direction and no evacuations ordered.
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  Cedric: Iowa: Flash flood warnings ran into this morning for parts of Plymouth and Woodbury counties with 3 to 4.5 inches of rain down, under a regional Flood Watch covering eleven northwest counties.
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  Cedric: Missouri: Moberly Public Utilities declared an emergency water outage and a 48-hour boil advisory after a main break on West Lee Street, and an Extreme Heat Warning covers the Kansas City metro through Tuesday evening.
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  Cedric: South Carolina: Duke Energy worked overnight on Upstate restoration with about 2,500 customers still out in Cherokee and Greenville counties and restoration estimated at midday, and six children were hospitalized after a lightning strike near a Spartanburg County school field
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  Cedric: Sunday.
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  Cedric: Indiana: Recovery operations for the August flood disaster pause for the holiday.
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  Cedric: Mobile registration resumes Tuesday in Lake Station and one-stop shops reopen Wednesday in Portage and Cambridge City.
• 11:23
  Cedric: SBA physical damage applications close October 25.
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  Cedric: North Dakota: The Storm Prediction Center has today's only Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms over northwest into central North Dakota, with large hail the main threat.
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  Cedric: Nebraska: Northeast Nebraska sits inside that same Slight Risk area, where a tornado is possible along the South Dakota border.
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  Cedric: Wyoming: A Red Flag Warning covers the Bighorn Basin through 7 p.m.
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  Cedric: today.
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  Cedric: All other states have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.
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  Cedric: Let’s run through the territories.
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  Cedric: Puerto Rico: An Extreme Heat Warning covers coastal, lowland, valley and urban sections of the island from 10 a.m.
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  Cedric: to 5 p.m.
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  Cedric: Atlantic time today, with a Heat Advisory for Culebra and Vieques.
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  Cedric: LUMA Energy is reporting no special announcements and no island-wide outage event.
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  Cedric: U.S.
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  Cedric: Virgin Islands: A Heat Advisory is in effect for St.
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  Cedric: Croix and for St.
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  Cedric: Thomas, St.
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  Cedric: John and adjacent islands from 10 a.m.
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  Cedric: to 5 p.m.
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  Cedric: today.
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  Cedric: Guam: No weather alerts are active this morning.
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  Cedric: The Joint Typhoon Warning Center's only active western Pacific system is Tropical Depression Krovanh, tracking north-northeast toward Japan and posing no threat to the Marianas.
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  Cedric: All other territories and the District of Columbia have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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  Cedric: Stay Safe.