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Texas Hill Country flooding kills two with 230 rescues; Oregon lightning bust forces full-town evacuation at Preparedness Level 4; Code Purple smoke blankets the Northeast

July 17

12 mins

Episode Description

Catastrophic flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country leaves two dead and drives more than 230 rescues as flood waves move down the Frio, Nueces, and Guadalupe rivers, with a boil water notice now covering dozens of Comal County area communities. The nation holds at Preparedness Level 4 with 49 uncontained large fires: a Central Oregon lightning bust forces the full evacuation of Antelope, FEMA approves a Fire Management Assistance Grant for the Lower Dry Creek Fire, and Colorado’s Aspen Acres Fire structure losses rise to 850. Canadian wildfire smoke pushes Pennsylvania to a statewide Code Purple alert with Code Red conditions across the Mid-Atlantic, CISA adds three actively exploited vulnerabilities to its KEV catalog, and Puerto Rico begins 48-hour water rationing under an expanded drought emergency. 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

• Texas flooding: Two confirmed deaths and more than 230 rescues in Kerr and Uvalde counties after up to 26 inches of rain; downstream mandatory evacuations in Comal and Bandera counties, and a boil water notice for dozens of Canyon Lake area communities. Flood warnings continue into Friday evening.

• National fire picture: Preparedness Level 4 with 49 uncontained large fires and roughly 688,000 acres active; Red Flag Warnings return to the Pacific Northwest and Great Basin this afternoon.

• Oregon evacuations: The entire city of Antelope is under a Level 3 Go Now order after a Central Oregon lightning bust; about 1,700 people are evacuated near Milton-Freewater for the Lower Dry Creek Fire, now backed by a FEMA Fire Management Assistance Grant; Jackson County and Shady Cove declared local emergencies for the East Evans Creek Fire.

• Colorado structure losses: Aspen Acres Fire losses rise to at least 850 structures with about 11,000 people still evacuated; crews held a spot fire that jumped a defensive line.

• Smoke event: Friday is forecast as the worst day of the Canadian wildfire smoke event; Pennsylvania is at statewide Code Purple, Philadelphia has suspended trash collection and closed pools, and Code Red alerts span the Mid-Atlantic.

• Cyber: CISA added three actively exploited Fortinet FortiSandbox and Microsoft SharePoint vulnerabilities to the KEV catalog; federal remediation deadlines for the July 14 SonicWall and SharePoint additions land today.

• Puerto Rico lifelines: 48-hour water rationing begins today in Río Grande and Canóvanas under an expanded drought emergency, and more than 100,000 customers saw rotating outages Thursday after a Costa Sur unit failure.

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Texas Hill Country flooding kills two with 230 rescues; Oregon lightning bust forces full-town evacuation at Preparedness Level 4; Code Purple smoke blankets the Northeast

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