Life-threatening flash flooding continues across the Texas Hill Country as Governor Abbott declares a disaster in 59 counties and forecasters warn of considerable flooding into Thursday. The nation holds at Preparedness Level 4 with 46 uncontained large fires while record heat tops all-time marks in Billings, Miles City, Salt Lake City, and Sheridan. Minnesota closes the Boundary Waters and mobilizes the National Guard, Nebraska declares an emergency for the Corkscrew Road Fire, and USGS raises Kilauea to WATCH. Plus CISA KEV additions, a CDC cyclosporiasis advisory, and lifeline updates from Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 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: A 59-county disaster declaration is active as flash flooding drives dozens of high-water rescues in the Hill Country, with considerable flooding impacts possible into Thursday along the Guadalupe River corridor.

• National wildfire posture: Preparedness Level 4 holds with 46 uncontained large fires in 13 states and more than 700,000 acres burning; Colorado’s Aspen Acres Fire nears 100,000 acres with new Huerfano County evacuations.

• Record heat: All-time temperature records fall in Billings (111), Miles City (115), Salt Lake City (109), Sheridan (109), and Idaho Falls (103), with heat alerts stretching from the Northern Plains to New England.

• Minnesota wildfires: Evacuations expand northeast of Ely, all BWCA entry points close, and the governor declares a peacetime emergency with National Guard support.

• Kilauea: USGS raises the volcano to WATCH/ORANGE ahead of a forecast lava fountaining episode, with possible tephra and ash toward Pahala and Naalehu.

• Cyber: CISA adds four exploited vulnerabilities to the KEV catalog, including SonicWall SMA1000 and Microsoft ADFS flaws; agencies and operators should prioritize patching.

• Public health: CDC’s HAN advisory reports 1,645 domestically acquired cyclosporiasis cases across 34 states since May 1, far above last year’s pace.

• Lifelines: Tens of thousands remain without power in central Pennsylvania days after severe storms; Puerto Rico’s water shortages continue with National Guard tanker support; USVI manages fuel-limited generation with planned overnight outages.

Sources

Texas

• Office of the Texas Governor: Disaster declaration for 59 counties amid severe weather

• KSAT (AP): Texas drenched by heavy rains as forecasters warn of dangerous floods

• Texas Tribune: Considerable to catastrophic flooding likely through Thursday

National wildfire

• NIFC National Fire News: Preparedness Level 4, 46 uncontained large fires, state-by-state large fire tables

Heat wave

• The Watchers: Record-breaking heat peaks through July 14 from the Great Basin to the Northern Plains

• weather.com: Heat dome brings all-time records to Billings, Miles City, Salt Lake City, Sheridan, Idaho Falls

CISA

• CISA: Adds four known exploited vulnerabilities to catalog, July 14, 2026

CDC

• CDC HAN 531: Domestically acquired cyclosporiasis cases in multiple U.S. states

USGS and Hawaii

• USGS HVO: Volcano notice raising Kilauea to WATCH/ORANGE, July 14, 2026

• USGS: Kilauea volcano updates page

Tropics

• National Hurricane Center: Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

Arkansas

• Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Roland customers remain under boil water notice Tuesday

• KATV: Boil water notice issued in Roland after water main break causes pressure loss

California

• YubaNet: Kearney Fire evacuation updates, Nevada County

Colorado

• Colorado Sun: Aspen Acres Fire approaches 100,000 acres, Tuesday wildfire roundup

• KJCT: Huerfano County Sheriff orders more evacuations for Aspen Acres Fire

• KKCO: Gold Mountain Fire grows little overnight, new management team takes command

Minnesota

• MPR News: Wildfire northeast of Ely prompts evacuation orders

• Ely Echo: Forest Service closes BWCA on July 14

• FOX 9: Minnesota wildfires live updates, peacetime emergency and National Guard

Nebraska

• Office of Governor Jim Pillen: Emergency declaration due to Corkscrew Road Fire

• KSNB: Governor issues emergency declaration for wildfire in western Nebraska

Ohio

• FOX 8: FirstEnergy outages in Lakewood, Rocky River, and Cleveland’s west side

Pennsylvania

• Local21 CBS: Severe storms cause major PPL outages across Central Pennsylvania, restoration continues

Puerto Rico

• Circle of Blue: Puerto Rico enters third month without running water as infrastructure falters

U.S. Virgin Islands

• St. Thomas Source: WAPA explains St. Thomas-St. John power outages and fuel supply