The May 8 EM Morning Brief leads with day-after recovery operations across southern Mississippi, where 14 tornadoes injured 17 and damaged more than 500 homes from Franklin to Wilkinson counties; MEMA shelters remain open in Purvis and Brookhaven and Cajun Navy resources are inbound.

CISA expanded the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog twice in 48 hours, adding an Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile flaw and a Palo Alto PAN-OS root RCE with a federal patch deadline of May 9. NIFC keeps the Southern Area at Preparedness Level 4 with 20 uncontained large fires nationwide; the Highway 82 and Pineland Road fires in Georgia continue to wind down while the South Canal Fire in north Florida pushes smoke across Lafayette County.

USGS lowered Kilauea from Watch to Advisory after the close of Episode 46 fountaining. State updates cover the California North Bay magnitude 4.2 earthquake, Houston area flood watch, and Oregon’s escaped Pine Mountain prescribed burn. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. Produced by Sitch Radio, an EOC Voices podcast.

Key Takeaways

• Mississippi tornado outbreak: 14 tornadoes, 17 injuries, more than 500 homes damaged across five counties. State safe rooms open in Purvis and Brookhaven, MEMA coordinating, Cajun Navy deployed to Lincoln County.

• CISA KEV expansion: Two additions in 48 hours. CVE-2026-6973 (Ivanti EPMM) and CVE-2026-0300 (PAN-OS unauthenticated root RCE) with a Federal Civilian Executive Branch remediation deadline of May 9.

• CISA ICS advisory: ICSA-26-127-01 covers the MAXHUB Pivot client application; hardcoded AES key may expose tenant email addresses and metadata.

• Wildland fire posture: National Preparedness Level 2, Southern Area at PL4. Year-to-date acres burned (1,847,151) above the 10-year average. Highway 82 (Georgia) at 85 percent containment, Pineland Road (Georgia) at 65 percent, South Canal (Florida) at 30 percent.

• Kilauea status: USGS HVO lowered the Volcano Alert Level from Watch to Advisory after Episode 46 fountaining ended; aviation code now Yellow.

• Severe weather watch: Houston, Galveston region under a Flood Watch through late Friday night; flash flood threat continues across the Lower Mississippi Valley.

• California seismicity: Magnitude 4.2 north of Santa Rosa, no damage reported; CAL FIRE prevention funding announced ahead of fire season.

• Oregon fire activity: Pine Mountain prescribed burn declared a wildfire on the Deschutes National Forest, May 7.

• Public health and water: Town of Chadbourn (NC) boil water advisory active through May 9 during scheduled water main work.

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Sources

CISA

• CISA: KEV catalog addition (Ivanti EPMM, May 7)

• CISA: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

• CISA ICS Advisory ICSA-26-127-01: MAXHUB Pivot Client Application

• CISA Cybersecurity Alerts and Advisories

NIFC and InciWeb

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report (PDF, May 7)

• NIFC National Fire News

• InciWeb Incident Table

USGS

• USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Kilauea update May 7

• USGS Volcano Updates

• USGS Latest Earthquakes

NOAA, NWS, and Tsunami

• NOAA Storm Prediction Center

• NOAA Weather Prediction Center

• NWS Houston, Galveston (Flood Watch)

• NWS Honolulu watches and warnings

• U.S. Tsunami Warning System

State Department Travel Advisories

• State Department Travel Advisories

Mississippi

• MEMA: May 6-7 Severe Weather Update

• MEMA News Releases

• Mississippi Today: Tornadoes damage homes across Mississippi

Alabama

• Alabama Power: storm restoration update

California

• USGS earthquake catalog

• Governor Newsom: $70M wildfire prevention announcement (May 7)

• CAL FIRE Incidents

Florida

• Florida Forest Service: Current Wildfire Information

• WCTV: Lafayette County school closure due to wildfire smoke

Georgia

• Georgia Forestry Commission: Current Wildfire Information

• News4Jax: Brantley County Highway 82 Fire update

Hawaii

• NWS Honolulu watches and warnings

• USGS HVO Kilauea Update May 7

Louisiana

• NWS New Orleans, Baton Rouge

North Carolina

• Town of Chadbourn boil water advisory notice

Oregon

• Central Oregon Fire Info: Pine Mountain prescribed burn declared wildfire

Texas

• NWS Houston, Galveston: Flood Watch