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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NIFC and National Fire Situation

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: July 16, 2026, PL 4, 49 uncontained large fires

NWS and Weather

• NWS Active Alerts: flash flood warnings, red flag warnings, heat products

NHC and Tropics

• NHC Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook: 20 percent seven-day Gulf development chance

• NHC Tropical Storm Elida Advisory 11: no threat to land

FEMA

• FEMA Disaster Declarations: FM-5645 Lower Dry Creek Fire, Oregon, declared July 16

CISA

• CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog: July 16, 2026

• CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog: July 14, 2026, remediation deadlines July 17

Texas

• KXAN: Flash Flood Emergency in Texas, Thursday July 16

• CNN: Texas flooding risks continue into Friday

• News 4 San Antonio: Comal County orders mandatory evacuations along the Guadalupe

• News 4 San Antonio: Texas Water Company boil water notice for dozens of communities

• Texas Water Company service alerts

• KWTX: Abbott says flood likely to break records, state deploys 1,300 personnel

Arizona

• NWS Active Alerts: Flagstaff flash flood warnings including Pocket Fire burn scar

California

• Cal Fire: Thorn Fire incident page

• Times of San Diego: Thorn Fire evacuations and I-8 reopening

• Cal Fire: Elephant Fire incident page

• IQAir: Elephant Fire evacuation downgrades as of July 16

Colorado

• Colorado Sun: Aspen Acres Fire Thursday update

• KKTV: Aspen Acres Fire holds near 99,800 acres, 36 percent contained

Delaware

• 6abc live blog: air quality alerts for Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

Idaho

• KHQ: Turner Hill Fire north of Bonners Ferry prompts evacuations

Maine

• Bangor Daily News: thousands without power after storm sweeps Maine

• Bangor Daily News: person dies in Corinth after tree falls on car

• WGME: severe storms bring down trees, knock out power across Maine

Maryland

• WMAR: Code Red air quality alert issued for Maryland

Minnesota

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: Superior National Forest fires

• CBS Minnesota: hazardous air quality and heat, July 16

New Jersey

• Fox 29: Code Red air quality alerts in effect across the region

New York

• NYSDEC: statewide air quality health advisory updated

• Governor Hochul: statewide air quality condition updates

Oregon

• KPTV: City of Antelope ordered to evacuate immediately

• OPB: wildfire forces Antelope evacuations in Wasco County

• KDRV: East Evans Creek Fire evacuations and emergency declarations

• OPB: Lower Dry Creek Fire Level 3 evacuations in Umatilla County

Pennsylvania

• PA DEP: statewide Code Purple air quality alert for Friday July 17

• City of Philadelphia: Code Purple air quality alert and service changes

Utah

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: Babylon and Cottonwood fires

Virginia

• FFXnow: unhealthy air expected in the DC region Friday

Washington

• KHQ: Kaiser Canyon Fire prompts evacuation orders and road closures

• NBC Right Now: Neff Jones Fire prompts Level 2 evacuations in Franklin County

District of Columbia

• WJLA: Code Red air quality for DC, Maryland, Virginia

Guam

• Federal Register notice: SBA disaster loans for Guam Typhoon Bavi declaration

Northern Mariana Islands

• Commonwealth Utilities Corporation: boil water notice canceled for Rota

Puerto Rico

• Primera Hora: governor declares drought emergency for Canóvanas and Río Grande

• El Nuevo Día: water authority announces rationing plan starting July 17

• Primera Hora: more than 100,000 customers without power in load shedding

Key Takeaways

• Texas flooding: Flash flood emergencies hit Kerr and Kendall counties, the Guadalupe River rises more than 10 feet in an hour at Hunt, and the 59-county state disaster response includes more than 1,300 personnel, 800 vehicles, 75 boats, and 20 aircraft.

• National wildfire: NIFC remains at Preparedness Level 4 with 48 uncontained large fires and more than 16,800 personnel assigned; large fires are burning in all 10 geographic areas.

• Minnesota and smoke: The full Boundary Waters closure holds through at least Friday, Governor Walz extends the peacetime emergency 30 days, and hazardous air quality stretches from the Twin Cities across the Great Lakes to New York City.

• Extreme heat: Extreme heat warnings and advisories run from the Northern Plains into New England and the mid-Atlantic, with record highs possible in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington.

• Cyber: CISA adds a KNX protocol flaw and an Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; both are under active exploitation.

• Lifelines: Boil water notices are active in Greenbrier and Waldenburg (Arkansas), Bangor (Maine), and Westmoreland (Tennessee); DTE works an extended outage in northwest Detroit; WAPA manages outages and fuel supply constraints on St. Thomas and St. John.

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NIFC and Wildfire

• NIFC National Fire News: Preparedness Level 4, uncontained large fires, national statistics

CISA

• CISA: Adds two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to catalog (July 15, 2026)

Tropics

• National Hurricane Center: Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

Heat and National Weather

• Weather.com: Northeast, Midwest to sizzle under record-smashing heat dome

• U.S. News: States issue air quality warnings as wildfire smoke from Canada, Minnesota spreads

FEMA Declarations

• Federal Register: Kentucky major disaster amendment (FEMA-4913-DR)

• Federal Register via Justia: Mississippi major disaster declaration (FEMA-4922-DR)

Texas

• CBS Austin: Flash flood emergency declared for Kerrville area as catastrophic flooding prompts rescues

• Fox Weather: Flash flood emergencies issued for Kerr, Uvalde counties

• Fox San Antonio: Highway 39 closed in Kerr County, I-10 shut down after major crash

• CNN: Flash flood emergencies, dozens of rescues in southern Texas

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

• KKSA: Gov. Abbott expands disaster declaration to 59 counties

• KWTX: Abbott says flooding likely to break records as state deploys more than 1,300 personnel

• KFDM: Storms knock out power to thousands in Southeast Texas

• KENS 5: Thousands remain without power as storms continue across South Texas

Alaska

• Alaska Wildland Fire Information: Daily updates on fire status and evacuations

Arizona

• Yahoo News/AccuWeather: Flash flood warning issued for southern Arizona, including Biosphere 2

• Arizona’s Family: First Alert Day declared for monsoon storms, more rain on the way

Arkansas

• City of Greenbrier: System-wide boil order issued

• KAIT 8: Boil order issued for Waldenburg and surrounding areas after main break

California

• CAL FIRE: Summit Fire incident page

• ABC7: Summit Fire in Antelope Valley, evacuation orders in place

Colorado

• InciWeb: Willow Fire incident information

• 9NEWS: Willow Fire burns more than 6,400 acres near Leadville

Idaho

• KTVB: Claremont Fire reaches 61% containment, officials extend timeline

• Idaho News 6: Claremont Fire grows to 6,805 acres, containment expected Aug. 1

Maine

• Q106.5: Boil water notice in effect for Broadway, Essex, and dozens of Bangor neighborhoods

Michigan

• ClickOnDetroit: DTE underground cable failures cause extended outage in northwest Detroit

Minnesota

• Superior National Forest: Emergency expanded closure for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

• MPR News: Officials see NE Minnesota firefight continuing into the fall

• Minnesota News Network: Walz, Executive Council extend peacetime emergency

• FOX 9: Twin Cities air quality now considered hazardous

New York

• ABC News: Canadian wildfire smoke descends on parts of US, including New York City

Tennessee

• WSMV: Water main break triggers boil water notice, forces business closures in Sumner County city

Utah

• InciWeb: Cottonwood Fire incident information

Wisconsin

• Yahoo News: Air quality alerts issued across the Midwest and Northeast as wildfire smoke blankets the region

U.S. Virgin Islands

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

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

Key Takeaways

• Wildfire: The nation remains at Preparedness Level 4 with 46 uncontained large fires and more than 16,800 personnel assigned. The Babylon Fire in Utah tops 106,000 acres at 50 percent containment.

• Minnesota: The entire Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness closes effective this morning, the third full closure in its history, as 16 fires burn nearly 9,000 acres; the National Guard is mobilized for wildfire suppression.

• Extreme heat: 26 extreme heat warnings cover the Desert Southwest, Northern Plains, and Upper Midwest, with heat advisories along the I-95 corridor; PJM issues a Hot Weather Alert for July 14 through 17; New York City and Boston open cooling operations.

• Texas: Governor Abbott activates swiftwater rescue, search and rescue, and National Guard aviation ahead of a multi-day flash flood threat; Kerr County receives an overnight flash flood warning with a considerable damage tag.

• Colorado: The Aspen Acres Fire has destroyed more than 850 structures; phased re-entry begins for some Beulah residents while new pre-evacuation notices go out in Huerfano County.

• Cyber: CISA publishes joint advisory AA26-194A on Russian state-sponsored router exploitation and adds a Cisco IOS vulnerability to the KEV catalog with a July 16 federal remediation date.

• Guam: Power restoration reaches 89 percent of system load; the precautionary boil water notice and island-wide conservation order remain in effect.

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NIFC and National Wildfire

• NIFC National Fire News: preparedness level, uncontained large fires, new large fires

CISA

• CISA Joint Advisory AA26-194A: router hygiene against Russian state-sponsored targeting

• CISA alert: one vulnerability added to the KEV catalog (Cisco IOS CVE-2008-4128)

DHS

• DHS National Terrorism Advisory System: no current advisories

FEMA

• FEMA disaster declarations: no new declarations in the last 24 hours

USGS

• USGS event page: magnitude 4.3 near Johannesburg, California

NOAA, NWS, and Grid

• NHC Tropical Weather Outlook: no Atlantic development expected in the next 7 days

• NWS active alerts: extreme heat warnings, flash flood warnings, red flag warnings

• PJM Inside Lines: Hot Weather Alert issued for July 14 through 17

Arizona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire update, SR-89A reopens, evacuation warnings lowered

• KNAU: SR-89A reopens between Sedona and Flagstaff with Pocket Fire 76 percent contained

California

• CAL FIRE: Elephant Fire incident page

• KOLO: Elephant Fire spreads quickly near Loyalton, evacuations ordered in Lassen County

• CAL FIRE: Summit Fire incident page

• ABC7: Summit Fire burns near Llano, evacuation orders remain in place

Colorado

• InciWeb: Aspen Acres Fire

• KKTV: Fremont County zones downgrade to awareness status, Aspen Acres at 98K acres and 36 percent

• InciWeb: Ferris Fire

• InciWeb: Gold Mountain Fire

Idaho

• Idaho News 6: Claremont Fire grows to 6,805 acres, containment expected August 1

• Lewiston Tribune: Greer Grade opens to single-lane traffic while firefighting continues

Louisiana

• Louisiana Department of Health: statewide boil water advisory list

• WGNO: precautionary boil water advisory issued in Hammond

Massachusetts

• City of Boston: heat advisory issued for Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15

Michigan

• WCMU: cooling centers open in preparation for Michigan heat wave

Minnesota

• Superior National Forest: emergency expanded closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

• KAXE: Boundary Waters closes as fires burn in the Superior National Forest

• Office of Governor Walz: peacetime emergency declared to assist with wildfires

• KAXE: dangerous extreme heat continues in northern Minnesota

Missouri

• Missouri SEMA: flood recovery news release

• KFVS: SEMA urges residents to document all flood damage before repairs and cleanup

Nevada

• BLM: fire restrictions for western Nevada begin July 13

New Mexico

• NM Fire Info: Sacaton Fire update for July 13, 2026

New York

• NYC Emergency Management: extreme heat resources and cooling center finder

• ABC7 NY: NYC activates heat emergency plan ahead of heat advisory

• City of Watervliet: heat advisory issued for Albany County for Tuesday, July 14

North Carolina

• NWS Blacksburg flash flood warning summary for Alleghany and Surry counties

• WGNI: coastal flood advisory for the Wilmington area

North Dakota

• ABC News: 100 million Americans expected to face dangerous heat this week

Oregon

• Oregon wildfire evacuation map (official)

• Rogue Valley Times: East Evans Creek Road Fire at 3,628 acres, 5 percent contained

• Central Oregon Daily: growing southern and eastern Oregon wildfires

South Dakota

• KOTA: heat advisory and fire danger through midweek in western South Dakota

Tennessee

• WGRV: EMA requests flood damage be reported to TEMA by July 16

• WGRV: Red Cross shelter open at Chuckey-Doak Middle School

Texas

• Office of the Governor: Abbott activates state emergency response resources ahead of flash flood danger

• KPRC Click2Houston: Abbott activates Texas emergency resources as heavy rain and flash flood threat continue

• Kerr County Lead: flash flood warning issued for Kerr County with considerable damage threat

Utah

• InciWeb: Babylon Fire

• ABC4: Babylon Fire crosses 106,000 acres, nears 50 percent containment

• InciWeb: Cottonwood Fire

• Salt Lake Tribune: Utah burn-scar communities brace for post-fire flooding

Wisconsin

• FOX6: heat advisory for southeastern Wisconsin

Guam

• GHS-OCD Joint Information Center Recovery Release No. 23: power at 89 percent, boil water notice remains

Key Takeaways

• National wildfire posture: The nation holds at Preparedness Level 4 with 44 uncontained large fires, 12 new large incidents, and more than 15,000 personnel committed; year-to-date acreage is 137 percent of the 10-year average.

• Colorado aviation fatality: An aircraft working the Gold Mountain Fire went down in Silver Jack Reservoir Sunday evening and the pilot is deceased; mandatory evacuations continue on Gold Mountain and Aspen Acres, which has destroyed more than 850 structures.

• Record heat event: All-time record highs hit the Great Basin to the northern High Plains Sunday; Extreme Heat Warnings cover a dozen states from Idaho and Utah to Minnesota and the Michigan Upper Peninsula, with watches ahead of midweek heat in Southern California and the Philadelphia corridor.

• Pacific Northwest evacuations: Granite, Oregon remains under Level 3 Go Now with the Conflagration Act invoked; East Evans Creek Fire holds Level 3 zones in Jackson County; the Transfer Fire forced Level 3 evacuations in Chelan, Washington, closed US 97, and burned behind the local hospital.

• California fires and heat: Evacuation order in effect on the Elephant Fire north of Loyalton; Summit Fire evacuation warnings continue in Los Angeles County; Extreme Heat Watches posted for much of Southern California.

• Flooding east of the Rockies: Flash flooding is ongoing in northwest North Carolina and Tarrant County, Texas; flood watches cover east Tennessee, southwest Virginia, and southeast West Virginia; Missouri’s flood response continues under a state emergency declaration.

• Kilauea watch item: USGS forecasts the next lava fountaining episode between July 13 and July 15; alert level remains Advisory.

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NIFC and Wildfire

• NIFC National Incident Management Situation Report (July 12): preparedness level, uncontained large fires, fire statistics

NOAA and NWS

• WPC Short Range Forecast Discussion: record heat and heavy rain pattern

• SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook: marginal severe risk areas

• NHC Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook: no development expected over seven days

• NWS Active Alerts: extreme heat, flood, flash flood, and red flag warnings by state

USGS

• USGS Volcano Updates: Kilauea paused, next fountaining episode likely July 13 to 15

CISA

• CISA Cybersecurity Advisories: no new advisories in the last 24 hours

California

• CAL FIRE Elephant Fire incident page: acreage, containment, evacuation zones

• CAL FIRE Summit Fire incident page: acreage, containment, evacuation warnings, shelter

Colorado

• Gunnison County Emergency Management: Gold Mountain Fire update, aircraft down, evacuations

• Colorado DHSEM SEOC Update July 12: Aspen Acres Fire status and evacuations

Kentucky and Missouri

• Weather.com: Louisville water rescues, Salem strandings, record Black River crest

• Missouri Governor’s Office: state of emergency for southeast Missouri flooding

Minnesota

• CBS Minnesota: dangerous heat through midweek, cooling centers open

Oregon

• KPTV: Granite ordered to evacuate, Kotek invokes Conflagration Act

• Jackson County: East Evans Creek Fire evacuation notices

• KATU: East Evans Creek Fire grows to 3,154 acres

Tennessee

• WCYB: Greene County water rescue and bridge closure

Utah

• Gephardt Daily: Cottonwood Fire 77 percent contained at 97,373 acres

• ABC4: restricted property-owner access begins on the Cottonwood Fire

Washington

• FOX 13 Seattle: Transfer Fire burns behind Lake Chelan Health hospital, US 97 closed

• KOMO: Chelan County Level 3 evacuation and emergency center

Key Takeaways

• Heat wave: The first widespread heat wave of the summer develops across the Intermountain West and Plains and expands through next week, with Extreme Heat Warnings for the Phoenix area through Friday evening and highs up to 116 degrees.

• Wildfire posture: The nation remains at Preparedness Level 4 with 37 large fires; year-to-date acreage runs 146 percent of the ten-year average, and Utah’s Babylon Fire is the largest active fire in the country at 102,932 acres and 21 percent containment.

• Colorado evacuations ease: Fremont County moves Aspen Acres evacuation areas to pre-evacuation status and the Pueblo County Sheriff anticipates lifting southern Pueblo County evacuations today, with re-entry passes required and a nighttime curfew in effect.

• Idaho improves: The Claremont Fire in the Boise Foothills reaches 23 percent containment and all evacuation zones drop to Level 1, Get Ready, with estimated containment July 12.

• Washington holds Level 3: The Chelan Hills Fire near Orondo is 50 percent contained at 9,735 acres; Level 3 evacuation orders remain, the fire is tied to one death, and well over 100 structures are involved.

• Guam and CNMI recovery: Guam Power Authority reports 49 of 67 feeders partially energized with adequate generation capacity, the Port of Guam reopens, and Saipan nears pre-typhoon power while Rota faces a lengthy recovery.

• Cyber: CISA releases three industrial control systems advisories; ICS and OT operators should review affected products and apply vendor mitigations.

• Water: West Columbia, South Carolina issues a boil water advisory after a water main break; affected residents should boil water until the advisory is lifted.

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NIFC and Wildfire

• NIFC National Fire News: national preparedness level, large fire summary, and statistics

NWS and Weather

• National Weather Service: severe thunderstorms, excessive rainfall, and heat wave headline

• WPC Short Range Discussion: heat wave and excessive rainfall outlook

• NWS Phoenix: Extreme Heat Warning details for the Phoenix area

• NWS Mount Holly: Flash Flood Warnings for the NJ, DE, and PA area

CISA

• CISA ICS Advisories: industrial control systems advisories released July 9

National Hurricane Center

• NHC: Atlantic tropical outlook, no active cyclones

FEMA

• FEMA: presidential emergency declaration for Guam, Typhoon Bavi

• FEMA blog: support to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands during Super Typhoon Bavi

Arizona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire update, 69 percent containment

• InciWeb: Pocket Fire incident page

Colorado

• Colorado DHSEM: State EOC update for July 9, Aspen Acres and Ferris Fires

• InciWeb: Aspen Acres Fire incident page

• InciWeb: Ferris Fire incident page

Idaho

• KTVB: Boise County reduces Claremont Fire evacuations to Level 1

• KIVI: Claremont Fire acreage, containment, closures, and shelter status

Nevada

• InciWeb: Dutch Flat Fire incident page

New Mexico

• InciWeb: Sacaton Fire incident page

• Yahoo News weather: Sacaton Fire tops 9,000 acres as crews protect cabins

South Carolina

• City of West Columbia: boil water advisory issued July 9

Utah

• InciWeb: Babylon Fire incident page

• ABC4: Babylon Fire nears 103,000 acres as heat threatens fire growth

• InciWeb: Cottonwood Fire incident page

Washington

• InciWeb: Chelan Hills Fire incident page

• KIRO 7: Chelan Hills Fire evacuations, structures, and cause investigation

Guam

• Guam Homeland Security JIC: Recovery Release No. 11, power restoration update

• Kandit News: GPA updated focus areas as of 11:30 a.m., July 10, 2026

• Maui Now: Port of Guam reopens after Super Typhoon Bavi

Northern Mariana Islands

• Marianas News Service: CUC power update, Saipan nears pre-Bavi power

Key Takeaways

• National fire posture: The nation remains at Preparedness Level 4 with 37 uncontained large fires, and critical fire weather returns to the Intermountain West today with gusts to 50 mph and single digit to low twenties humidity.

• Babylon Fire, Utah: The nation’s largest wildfire crosses 100,000 acres at 11 percent containment, and San Juan County moves several zones near Monticello to SET status.

• Ferris Fire, Colorado: Governor Polis declares a disaster emergency after the fire grows nearly 6,000 acres in a day; evacuations expand in Dolores and Montezuma counties.

• Claremont Fire, Idaho: A new fire one mile northeast of Boise brings a Level 3 go evacuation for the Rocky Canyon area and a Red Cross shelter in Boise.

• FEMA funding: More than $584 million is announced for resilience and recovery projects across more than 30 states, territories, and Tribal Nations.

• Cyber: CISA adds three actively exploited vulnerabilities to the KEV catalog; organizations running SP Page Builder, Langflow, or the affected Joomla component should patch now.

• Water systems: New boil water advisories in Norwell, Massachusetts (E. coli), Peachland, North Carolina, West Columbia and Red Hill, South Carolina; the Norristown, Pennsylvania advisory is lifted.

• Pacific territories: Guam has 83 percent of substations energized in Super Typhoon Bavi recovery, and the Port of Saipan reopens to full commercial traffic.

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NIFC and National Fire

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report, July 8, 2026: PL 4, 37 uncontained large fires, national fire statistics

FEMA

• FEMA delivers more than $584 million for community led resilience and recovery

CISA

• CISA adds three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to catalog, July 7, 2026

NOAA, NWS, and NHC

• National Hurricane Center: Tropical Weather Outlook, no development expected

• Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Outlook: slight risk, central Maryland to Delmarva

• CBS News: dangerous prolonged heat wave across large swaths of the U.S.

Arizona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire defenses close, near 50 percent containment

• Arizona’s Family: Pocket Fire scorches over 27,000 acres near Sedona

California

• Cal Fire: Bear Fire incident page, San Luis Obispo County

• Cal Fire: 3-1 Pit Fire incident page, Lassen-Modoc Unit

Colorado

• CPR News: Ferris Fire Four Corners live updates, July 8

• CPR News: Aspen Acres Fire southern Colorado updates, July 8

• Gunnison County Emergency Management: Gold Mountain Fire evacuation zones

• Lake County, Colorado: Willow Fire official incident page

Florida

• Florida Division of Emergency Management: Morning Situation Report, July 8, 2026

• WTXL Tallahassee: heat advisory issued July 8, 2026

Georgia

• WALB: heat builds across south Georgia with triple digit heat indices

Hawaii

• Big Island Now: portion of Hina Lani Street in Kona reopens after brush fire closure

Idaho

• BLM: emergency fire closure in the Boise Foothills

• Idaho News 6 KIVI: Claremont Fire live updates, Boise Foothills evacuations

Massachusetts

• Boston Globe: Norwell issues boil water order after E. coli detection

Nevada

• KOLO: Dutch Flat Fire reaches 70 percent containment

New Mexico

• NM Fire Info: Sacaton Fire update for July 8, 2026

• KRWG: the Gila forest’s Sacaton Fire endangers 56 homes

New York

• U.S. News and AP: evacuation orders and street closures remain at buckled NYC high-rise

North Carolina

• WBTV: water main break prompts boil water advisory in Anson County

• WRAL: thousands lose power in storms across Holly Springs, Wake, Durham

Oregon

• East Oregonian: North Cayuse Fire transitions to management team oversight

• Central Oregon Fire Info: Coyner incident update, evacuations dropped

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania American Water: boil water advisory lifted for Norristown and Plymouth Township

• Local21 News: flood watch starts at noon as heavy storms threaten flash flooding

South Carolina

• City of West Columbia: boil water advisory issued July 8, 2026

• WMBF: boil water advisory issued for Red Hill area

South Dakota

• Dakota News Now: heavy rainfall leads to flooding, more storms late Wednesday

Tennessee

• WSMV: flood watch in effect through Sunday as heavy rain threatens saturated midstate

Utah

• Moab Times-Independent: Babylon Fire grows as firefighters bolster defenses near Monticello

• InciWeb: Cottonwood Fire incident information

Washington

• KHQ: Chelan Hills Fire 50 percent contained amid red flag warning conditions

• KATU: fast moving Ryegrass Coulee wildfire prompts go now evacuation orders for Vantage

West Virginia

• WCHS: crews battle massive warehouse fire in Parkersburg

• NewsNation: state of emergency declared for West Virginia warehouse fire

Guam

• Marianas Variety: Super Typhoon Bavi situational report, July 8, 2026

• Guam Homeland Security JIC: recovery release, flight updates and burn permits

Northern Mariana Islands

• Marianas Variety: Coast Guard reopens Port of Saipan, clears channel hazards

• Marianas Variety: Saipan utility service update, Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Key Takeaways

• Babylon Fire (Utah): The largest active wildfire in the country passes 100,000 acres at zero percent containment; San Juan County zones CY-1, CY-2, Peter’s Hill-West, Airport, Energy, and SJC-1 are in SET status with more than 1,200 personnel assigned.

• Aspen Acres Fire (Colorado): 93,634 acres at 15 percent containment; 266 structures destroyed across Pueblo and Custer counties; more than 11,000 people evacuated; Disaster Assistance Center open at the Pueblo Academy of Arts through July 14.

• Gold Mountain Fire (Colorado): Growth past 31,000 acres near Ouray; Level 3 evacuation orders remain in place with no new evacuations ordered Tuesday.

• Super Typhoon Bavi recovery: CNMI all clear effective noon July 7 with nearly 500 people still sheltered; power restoration underway on Saipan and Tinian; Guam has 67 of 99 water wells back online on generator power.

• Chelan Hills Fire (Washington): Containment lines reported around the fire at 20 percent; Level 3 evacuations remain in Douglas County and US 97 is closed between mileposts 232 and 235.

• National fire posture: Preparedness Level 4; 36 large fires and 177 new starts; lightning and outflow gusts up to 50 mph expected to drive new ignitions across the Intermountain West.

• CISA KEV update: Three vulnerabilities added July 7 affecting JoomShaper SP Page Builder, Langflow, and Joomlack Page Builder; prioritize remediation.

• Weather hazards: Extreme Heat Warning through Thursday around Phoenix with highs of 110 to 117; level 2 of 4 flash flood threat through Wednesday in the Upper Midwest.

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NIFC and National Wildfire

• NIFC National Fire News: July 7 national summary, Preparedness Level 4, state fire listings

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: Tuesday July 7, 2026

CISA

• CISA: Adds three known exploited vulnerabilities to catalog, July 7, 2026

Weather and Tropical

• NWS Phoenix: Extreme Heat Warning and heat safety information

• NHC: Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook, Central Pacific development chances

• Fox Weather: Days of heavy rain fuel flash flood threat in the Upper Midwest

FEMA and Typhoon Bavi

• FEMA: Emergency declaration approved for Guam, Typhoon Bavi

• FEMA: Emergency declaration approved for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Typhoon Bavi

Arizona

• InciWeb: Pocket Fire incident information

California

• The Press Democrat: Evacuation order issued for wildfire near Covelo in Mendocino County

Colorado

• InciWeb: Aspen Acres Fire incident information

• CPR News: Aspen Acres fire, more than 260 structures damaged or lost as fire grows past 90,000 acres

• InciWeb: Gold Mountain Fire incident information

• CPR News: Gold Mountain fire continues to grow outside Ouray, no new evacuations ordered

• InciWeb: Ferris Fire incident information

• InciWeb: Willow Fire incident information

Idaho

• East Idaho News: Evacuation order lifted in Madison County, Maze Fire grows to 1,300 acres

Nevada

• InciWeb: Dutch Flat Fire incident information

• InciWeb: Grapevine Fire incident information

New Mexico

• InciWeb: Sacaton Fire incident information

• NM Fire Info: New Mexico fire updates including Sacaton Fire

Utah

• InciWeb: Babylon Fire incident information

• The Salt Lake Tribune: Babylon Fire surpasses 100,000 acres, remains 0% contained

• InciWeb: Cottonwood Fire incident information

• ABC4: Containment steadily increases on Wild Goose Fire as size remains stable

Washington

• InciWeb: Chelan Hills Fire incident information

• The Spokesman-Review: Firefighters have containment lines around Chelan Hills fire

Hawaii

• Maui Now: Red Cross volunteers stage in Hawaii, on their way to Guam and CNMI after Typhoon Bavi

Guam

• KHON2: Super Typhoon Bavi relief efforts underway in Guam, Northern Mariana Islands

• Military.com: Coast Guard works to reopen Guam and CNMI ports after Super Typhoon Bavi

Northern Mariana Islands

• Marianas Variety: Saipan spared worst of Bavi’s impact as CUC moves to restore power

• Marianas Variety: All Clear declared for Saipan, Tinian, Rota and the Northern Islands

• RNZ: No injuries reported as Super Typhoon Bavi leaves CNMI, recovery begins

Key Takeaways

• Super Typhoon Bavi (Guam and CNMI): The Category 5 storm passes directly over Rota with 180 mph winds. Island-wide power outages affect Saipan, Tinian, and Rota, boil water notices are in effect for Saipan and Rota, 517 people sought shelter, and a presidential emergency declaration for Guam authorizes FEMA Public Assistance. Damage assessments begin Tuesday.

• National fire posture: Preparedness Level 4, 35 large fires, 274 new starts Monday, and evacuations on fires in three geographic areas. Critical fire weather with 7 to 20 percent humidity and 50 mph outflow gusts covers much of the Intermountain West.

• Colorado: The Aspen Acres fire destroys 263 homes and four commercial buildings in Pueblo and Custer counties. Gunnison County issues new mandatory evacuations for the Gold Mountain fire southeast of Montrose.

• Utah: The Cottonwood fire (95,807 acres, 47 percent) and Babylon fire (90,445 acres, 0 percent) remain the state’s largest incidents, with evacuation orders and pre-evacuation notices in effect.

• Washington: The Chelan Hills fire near Orondo burns 9,735 acres at 0 percent containment with Level 3 Go Now evacuations, dozens of structures lost, and human remains found in a burned vehicle.

• Hawaii: Kilauea’s eruption remains paused at Advisory alert level; episode 51 is forecast between July 9 and 13.

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Typhoon Bavi: Guam and CNMI

• FEMA: President Donald J. Trump Approves Emergency Declaration for Guam

• FEMA: Guam Typhoon Bavi (EM-3648-GU) disaster page

• Guam Homeland Security: Emergency shelters open Sunday, July 5

• Isla Public Radio: Islands remain under typhoon warning, governor to conduct initial damage assessment Tuesday

• RNZ: No injuries reported as Super Typhoon Bavi leaves CNMI, recovery begins

• Al Jazeera: Super Typhoon Bavi makes landfall on US Pacific islands

Wildfire national picture

• NIFC: National Fire News, July 6, 2026

• NIFC: Incident Management Situation Report, July 6, 2026

Volcano and tropics

• USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Kilauea update, July 6, 2026

• National Hurricane Center: Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

Arizona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire update, containment nears 50 percent at 26,442 acres

Colorado

• InciWeb: Aspen Acres Fire incident page

• The Colorado Sun: Officials say 263 homes destroyed by Aspen Acres fire

• CPR News: Gold Mountain fire, Gunnison County issues mandatory evacuation orders southeast of Montrose

Hawaii

• USGS: Kilauea volcano updates

New Mexico

• NM Fire Info: Sacaton Fire update for July 5, 2026

• InciWeb: Sacaton Fire incident page

Oregon

• East Oregonian: Fire on Umatilla Indian Reservation spans 2,300 to 2,500 acres

• Apple Valley News Now: Level 1 evacuation notice in place for North Cayuse Fire in Umatilla County

Utah

• InciWeb: Cottonwood Fire incident page

• InciWeb: Babylon Fire incident page

Washington

• KHQ: Human remains found in car burned by Chelan Hills Fire near Orondo

Key Takeaways

• National Preparedness Level 4: The July 5 situation report counts 41 uncontained large fires, 124 new starts, and 13 complex incident management teams committed, with evacuations in three geographic areas.

• Aspen Acres Fire, Colorado: The nation’s top-priority fire reaches 86,983 acres at 13 percent containment; more than 180 structures destroyed and evacuations covering about 11,000 people remain in effect as damage assessment begins.

• Willow Fire, Colorado: Overnight growth of 900 acres triggers new mandatory evacuations southwest of Leadville; shelters operate in Buena Vista and Edwards.

• Babylon Fire, Utah: The fire stands at 87,554 acres with no containment and extreme fire behavior, threatening structures and communication infrastructure near Bears Ears and Canyonlands.

• Maryland storms: Saturday night storms bring flooding, water rescues, and outages near 39,000 customers; BGE targets 80 percent restoration by Monday evening as a second storm round arrives.

• Mid-Atlantic flood threat: Flood watches cover Maryland, Washington, New Jersey, and eastern Pennsylvania into Monday, with rainfall rates capable of topping two inches per hour.

• Richmond water system: Pressure is restored and water is confirmed safe after Friday’s main break; permanent repairs begin Monday with no boil water advisory required.

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NIFC and national wildfire

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: Sunday, July 5, 2026, national PL 4, 41 uncontained large fires

• NIFC National Fire News: daily national fire activity summary

NOAA and NWS

• NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly briefing: flash flood threat through Monday, flood watch expanded across New Jersey

• WPC National Forecast: scattered storms and isolated flash flooding along southward-moving front

National Hurricane Center

• NHC Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook: no development expected over the next 7 days

Colorado

• Colorado Sun: Aspen Acres damage assessment, Willow evacuations, Gold Mountain and Ferris updates, July 5

• InciWeb: Willow Fire incident information

• InciWeb: Gold Mountain Fire incident information

Maryland

• The Baltimore Banner: flash flood threat and storm recovery, July 5

• FOX45 Baltimore: 38,900-plus customers without power after storms

New Jersey and Pennsylvania

• NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly briefing: regional flash flood risk through Monday evening

New Mexico

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: McCauley Springs Fire command transfer

• NM Fire Info: New Mexico fire information updates

Utah

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: Babylon Fire and Wild Goose Fire status

Virginia

• WTVR Richmond: water pressure restored, drinking water safe ahead of Monday repairs

District of Columbia

• The Baltimore Banner: flood watch for Maryland and Washington

Key Takeaways

• Typhoon Bavi: Typhoon watches cover Guam and the CNMI, Guam enters COR 3 today, and the Coast Guard sets Port Condition X-Ray; forecasters expect a very dangerous category 5 approach Sunday into Monday.

• Extreme heat and the grid: Extreme Heat Warnings span 24 states and D.C. through July 4; DOE’s PJM emergency orders expire tonight, Con Edison reduces voltage for 115,000 New York customers, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, NYC, and D.C. extend heat operations through the weekend.

• Wildfire at PL 4: 49 uncontained large fires burn nationally; Utah’s Babylon Fire grows 16,864 acres in a day at zero percent containment, the Cottonwood Fire has destroyed 150 structures, and four Colorado fires hold at zero percent containment with active evacuations.

• Colorado evacuations: Aspen Acres Fire evacuations expand to Wetmore and surrounding communities with Colorado City on pre-evacuation notice; officials warn of additional structure losses.

• State declarations: Nebraska declares an emergency for the Log Road Fire, South Dakota for Pine Ridge flooding, and North Dakota issues a statewide disaster declaration for June storm damage.

• Flash flooding: Overnight rain of 4 to 8 inches floods the Des Moines metro, southeast Minnesota closes portions of I-90, and Vernon County, Wisconsin evacuates campgrounds along the Kickapoo River.

• Cyber: CISA releases three ICS advisories, including the Gardyn IoT Hub in the food and agriculture sector, and adds actively exploited SharePoint vulnerability CVE-2026-45659 to the KEV catalog.

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Typhoon Bavi (Guam and CNMI)

• NWS Guam: Active watches and warnings for Guam and the Marianas

• U.S. Coast Guard: Port Heavy Weather Condition X-Ray set for Guam and CNMI

• Isla Public Media: Bavi track shifts slightly south, Guam to COR 3

NIFC and National Fire Situation

• NIFC: National Incident Management Situation Report, July 2, 2026

NOAA, NWS, and NHC

• NWS: Active alerts nationwide, including Extreme Heat Warnings

• SPC: Day 1 Convective Outlook, Enhanced risk Nebraska into Iowa

• NHC: Final advisory on Post-Tropical Cyclone Douglas

• NHC: Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook, no development expected in 7 days

CISA

• CISA: ICS advisories released July 2, 2026

• CISA: Gardyn IoT Hub advisory ICSA-26-183-03

• CISA: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (SharePoint CVE-2026-45659 added July 1)

USGS

• USGS: Latest earthquakes map (no U.S. M4.5+ in last 24 hours)

• USGS Volcano Hazards Program: Great Sitkin at Watch/Orange, Kilauea at Advisory/Yellow

DOE and Grid

• DOE: Emergency orders securing the Mid-Atlantic grid, in effect through July 3

• ABC News: Heat wave prompts grid emergency as PJM forecasts record demand

Alaska

• Alaska Wildland Fire Information: Quick response to the Martha Fire near Soldotna

Arizona

• AZFamily: Evacuation status adjusted as crews work to contain Pocket Fire near Sedona

Colorado

• Colorado Public Radio: Aspen Acres Fire evacuations expand to Wetmore

Georgia

• WSB-TV: Boil water advisory lifted for Fairburn and South Fulton

Hawaii

• Office of the Governor: HIEMA urges fire safety during July 4 weekend

Illinois

• CBS News Chicago: ComEd warns of critical strain on West Side and near-west suburbs

Iowa

• NWS Des Moines flash flood warning text via Iowa Weather Network

Maryland

• WMAR: Baltimore extends Code Red Extreme Heat Alert through Sunday, July 5

Minnesota

• KTTC: Flooding closes portion of I-90 in Mower County

Nebraska and South Dakota

• KOTA: South Dakota governor issues second emergency declaration of the week; Nebraska wildfire prompts its own

New Mexico

• KRQE: Evacuations for Jemez Falls Campground area amid McCauley Springs Fire

New York

• Con Edison: Voltage reduced, conservation asked in the Bronx and Manhattan

• Governor Hochul: Statement urging statewide power conservation

• NYC Mayor’s Office: Expanded emergency heat measures for the holiday weekend

North Dakota

• KSJB: North Dakota disaster declaration issued for June storm damage

Oregon

• Argus Observer: Fire north of Ontario reaches 2,000 acres, prompts Be Ready notice

Pennsylvania

• NBC10 Philadelphia: Extreme heat prompts changes to July 4 events across the region

• City of Philadelphia: Heat Health Emergency extended through Sunday, July 5

Virginia

• VPM News: Cooling centers open across Richmond and Central Virginia

Washington

• KING 5: Evacuation notices lifted for Henderson Fire near Chelan

Wisconsin

• La Crosse Tribune: Severe storms pummel the La Crosse area, roads closed

• WIZM: Flash flood warning for southeast Minnesota, flood advisory in western Wisconsin

Puerto Rico

• Metro Puerto Rico: Heat index to top 100 degrees with Saharan dust

U.S. Virgin Islands

• St. Thomas Source: Hot and hazy weather expected for USVI and Puerto Rico holiday weekend

District of Columbia

• Executive Office of the Mayor: Modified District government services for Independence Day 2026

Key Takeaways

• Wildfire activity: The nation holds at Preparedness Level 4 with 51 uncontained large fires. Utah’s Cottonwood Fire leads at 93,918 acres and 5 percent containment, the Babylon Fire jumps to 70,735 acres at 0 percent, and Colorado’s Aspen Acres Fire grows to 47,953 acres with evacuations in Rye, Beulah, and Wetmore and more than 150 structures reported destroyed.

• Grid emergency: DOE Section 202(c) orders for PJM run through 11:59 PM Eastern July 3, and peak demand today could break the 2006 all time record. Maryland, Virginia, DC, and Delaware sit in the highest stress zone; watch for conservation appeals.

• Extreme heat: Warning level heat covers a large portion of the country from the Plains to New England through the July 4 holiday, with cooling center activations in Chicago, Detroit, Boston, New York City, Indianapolis, and beyond.

• Marianas typhoon threat: Tropical Storm 09W is forecast to intensify rapidly and could pass through Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands late Sunday into Monday at possible category 4 strength. Preparedness messaging is active now.

• Cyber: CISA adds SharePoint flaw CVE-2026-45659 to the KEV catalog with a July 4 remediation deadline, and the SimpleHelp KEV remediation deadline falls today.

• Severe weather: SPC places the northern Plains into the Upper Midwest under an Enhanced Risk today with very large hail and gusts above 75 mph possible; overnight storm damage reports are still developing in Minnesota and Iowa.

• Water systems: LADWP issues a boil water notice for part of Koreatown after E. coli detections, while St. Louis lifts its precautionary boil water advisory.

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NIFC and InciWeb

• NIFC National Fire News: PL4, 51 uncontained large fires, Cottonwood Fire

• NIFC Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory: Colorado and southern Wyoming, July 1

• InciWeb incident list: overnight acreage updates

FEMA

• OpenFEMA disaster declarations: FM-5643-CO, Gold Mountain Fire FMAG

CISA

• Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: CVE-2026-45659 SharePoint, CVE-2026-48558 SimpleHelp

DHS

• National Terrorism Advisory System: no current advisories

NOAA and NWS

• SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook: Enhanced Risk northern Plains into Upper Midwest

• NHC Atlantic tropical outlook: no development expected

• NHC East Pacific outlook: Tropical Storm Douglas weakening

• Weather.com: heat wave stretches into the July 4 week

Grid and Power

• DOE: emergency orders secure Mid-Atlantic grid ahead of hot weather

• The Hill: heat dome strains the power grid

• Electric Choice: PJM demand forecast and record figures

USGS

• M 3.8 earthquake near Oak Harbor, Washington, event page

Alabama

• WAAY: heat advisories continue through Thursday

Alaska

• Alaska Wildland Fire Information: Martha Fire stopped at 5 acres near Soldotna

• Alaska Wildland Fire Information: final Starry Fire update, evacuations lifted

Arizona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire containment reaches 20 percent

• InciWeb: Pocket Fire

Arkansas

• Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: heat advisory and storm threat

California

• LADWP: boil water notice for small area of Koreatown

Colorado

• InciWeb: Aspen Acres Fire

• Colorado Sun: Wednesday Colorado fires update

• InciWeb: Gold Mountain Fire

• InciWeb: Snyder Fire

• InciWeb: Ferris Fire

• CPR: communities cancel July 4 fireworks

Connecticut

• Governor Lamont: Extreme Hot Weather Protocol activated through Sunday

Delaware

• Delaware.gov: NWS issues Extreme Heat Warning for all of Delaware

Florida

• Florida Forest Service: current wildfire information

Georgia

• Cobb County Courier: heat advisory with heat index near 107

• CBS Atlanta: severe thunderstorm warnings in north Georgia

Illinois

• CBS Chicago: Extreme Heat Warning and city cooling areas

• Cook County: 24 hour cooling centers

Indiana

• WBIW: Extreme Heat Warning upgraded for central Indiana

• WTHR: Indianapolis cooling sites and Indiana 211 locations

Iowa

• KEYC: strong to severe storms and flash flooding overnight

Kansas

• NWS Wichita: Extreme Heat Warning and Heat Advisory

Kentucky

• WHAS11: Louisville heat advisory

Maine

• Bangor Daily News: extreme heat warning and watch for Maine

• Maine Public: cooling centers open ahead of dangerous heat

Maryland

• The Daily Record: US declares grid emergency for power serving Maryland

Massachusetts

• City of Boston: Excessive Heat Warning July 1 through July 3

Michigan

• CBS Detroit: heat wave over southeast Michigan

• Detroit News: Detroit cooling hours extended, Warren outage

Minnesota

• KEYC: severe storms and tornado potential across southern Minnesota

• NWS Twin Cities: storm reports

Missouri

• City of St. Louis: boil water advisory lifted

• ABC17: Extreme Heat Warning until July 3 from NWS St. Louis

New Jersey

• NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly: current hazards briefing

New Mexico

• Los Alamos Reporter: McCauley Springs Fire update, July 1

New York

• NYC Mayor’s Office: emergency heat measures expanded

• WRVO: Extreme Heat Warning for much of New York

Oregon

• Central Oregon Fire Info: July 4 caution and fireworks ban on federal lands

Utah

• InciWeb: Cottonwood Fire

• InciWeb: Babylon Fire

• NPS Canyonlands: Needles District closure

Washington

• Washington State Patrol: state fire mobilization authorized for the Lambdin Fire

• Walla Walla Union-Bulletin: Lambdin Fire grows to 12,776 acres, 25 percent contained

Guam and Northern Mariana Islands

• Guam Homeland Security: Tropical Storm 09W public advisory, July 2

• CNMI Governor’s Office: Super Typhoon Sinlaku recovery update

Key Takeaways

• Power grid: DOE emergency order lets PJM plants run at maximum output as record heat threatens the grid’s all-time summer peak on July 2; conserve energy and use cooling centers.

• Wildfires: National preparedness level 4 with 54 uncontained large fires; Utah’s Cottonwood Fire (about 92,820 acres, 4 percent contained) may be the state’s most destructive on record.

• Colorado: Aspen Acres Fire near 28,300 acres with about 155 structures lost; Rye, Beulah, and San Isabel evacuated under a state disaster declaration.

• Kentucky flooding: Four dead and at least 63 water rescues; statewide emergency and 26 local declarations remain as extreme heat complicates recovery.

• Lifelines: Precautionary boil-water advisories in St. Louis, Missouri and West Columbia, South Carolina; heat-driven outages in the Detroit area.

• Volcano: Kilauea is not erupting at ADVISORY level; USGS forecasts the next fountaining episode between July 6 and 10.

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Heat and Power Grid

• U.S. heatwave to test power grid (Al Jazeera): DOE PJM emergency order and record demand

• Emergency ordered for largest U.S. power grid (Bloomberg): PJM power emergency

• NOAA WPC Hazards: excessive heat and rainfall outlook

Wildfires (NIFC and InciWeb)

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR)

• NIFC daily situation report (PDF)

• NIFC Fire Information: national preparedness level and fire totals

Volcano (USGS)

• USGS Kilauea volcano updates

• USGS HVO volcano notice (June 30, 2026)

Tropics (NHC)

• National Hurricane Center Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

Alaska

• NIFC IMSR: Starry Fire near Anderson

Arizona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: emergency bulletins

• NIFC IMSR: Pocket, Steamboat, and Sycamore fires

Colorado

• KKTV: Aspen Acres Fire tops 28,000 acres, structures lost

• Colorado Public Radio: Beulah evacuations, Aspen Acres Fire

Hawaii

• USGS HVO: Kilauea status and next fountaining forecast

Kentucky

• ABC News: 4 dead in Kentucky flooding, statewide emergency

• LEX18: Beshear statewide state of emergency and local declarations

Michigan

• ClickOnDetroit: extreme heat strains DTE grid, outages in Detroit area

Missouri

• City of St. Louis: precautionary boil-water advisory (June 30, 2026)

Nevada

• NIFC IMSR: Grapevine Fire, Lincoln County

New Mexico

• NIFC IMSR: Canyon Venado Fire near Clines Corners

New York

• Gothamist: NYC heat wave and cooling measures

North Carolina and Tennessee

• ABC News: flooding deaths and impacts across Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina

Oregon

• PBS NewsHour: heat, wind, and drought spark western wildfires

South Carolina

• City of West Columbia: boil-water advisory (June 30, 2026)

Utah

• ABC4: Cottonwood Fire, Beaver County evacuations and containment

• KSL: estimated 150 structures destroyed by Cottonwood Fire

• Fox 13: Rocky Mountain Power de-energizes lines, prolonged outage warning

Washington

• NIFC IMSR: Lyle Hill Fire near The Dalles

Key Takeaways

• National wildfire status: NIFC is at Preparedness Level 4 with 52 large fires across nine states (about 465,189 acres) and extremely critical fire weather in the Four Corners region.

• Firefighter fatalities: Three federal wildland firefighters died and two were injured in a June 27 burnover on the Knowles Fire at the Colorado-Utah border; the merged Snyder Fire remains a priority incident with evacuation warnings in Mesa County, Colorado.

• Extreme heat: A dangerous heat wave is expanding across the central and eastern U.S., peaking around July 3 and 4; Connecticut activated its Extreme Hot Weather Protocol and New York issued heat and air-quality guidance.

• Arizona — Pocket Fire: Rapid growth north of Sedona has pushed Kachina Village, Forest Highlands, and Oak Creek Canyon into SET evacuation status with road closures and smoke impacts in Flagstaff.

• Tropics and seismic: The National Hurricane Center gives an eastern Pacific wave a medium chance of becoming a tropical depression by midweek; a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck offshore Oregon with a USGS green alert and no expected damage.

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Wildfire (national)

• NIFC National Fire News — PL 4 declaration, large-fire totals, fire weather

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report (IMSR)

• DOI — Burnover incident on western Colorado wildfire results in firefighter fatalities

• DOI — Identities released of three firefighters who died responding to the Knowles Fire

• NPR — 3 firefighters killed on Colorado-Utah border as wildfires intensify

Extreme heat

• NWS — Extreme heat forecasts and safety

• Governor of Connecticut — Extreme Hot Weather Protocol activation

• Governor of New York — Hochul urges New Yorkers to prepare for extreme heat

Tropical and seismic

• National Hurricane Center — Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook

• USGS — Significant earthquakes, 2026

Arizona

• InciWeb — Pocket Fire, Coconino National Forest

• Arizona Emergency Information Network — Red flag conditions impact the Pocket Fire area

• AZFamily — Residents pack belongings as Pocket Fire doubles in size

Colorado

• CBS News — 3 firefighters killed, 2 injured fighting wildfires near Colorado-Utah border

Oregon

• USGS — Latest earthquakes map

Key Takeaways

• National wildfire posture: NIFC holds the country at Preparedness Level 3 with roughly 45 uncontained large fires; extremely critical fire weather grips northern Arizona, eastern Utah, western Colorado, and far northwestern New Mexico.

• Utah leads the crisis: The Cottonwood Fire is the nation’s largest active wildfire near 92,000 acres at zero containment; the Iron Fire is about 40,800 acres and 38 percent contained; the Cherry Fire has grown past 30,000 acres and is forcing mandatory evacuations for Mammoth, Silver City, Eureka, and Tintic Junction. A statewide emergency and fireworks restrictions remain in effect through July 5.

• Active evacuations elsewhere: Arizona’s Pocket Fire keeps Oak Creek Canyon under orders north of Sedona; California crews responded to a Butte County grass fire near Paradise, with Big Bear public safety power shutoffs in place.

• Dangerous heat building: Tens of millions are under heat alerts; extreme heat warnings and advisories span the Upper Midwest (Minnesota), the Mid-South (Tennessee), and the Northeast (New York), with heat index values up to 105 to 110 degrees later this week.

• Lifelines and water: A boil water notice is in effect for parts of Alleghany County, Virginia after a main break; Rocky Mountain Power issued public safety power shutoff watches and warnings for parts of central, southern, and eastern Utah.

• Watch items: Slight risks for severe thunderstorms in the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest and for excessive rainfall in the Mid-Atlantic and Tennessee Valley; the National Hurricane Center monitors low to medium development chances in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific, with no coastal warnings in effect.

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NIFC and National Fire Activity

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: national preparedness level, fire counts, and incident details

• NIFC National Fire News: current national wildfire overview

Heat

• NWS Weather Prediction Center HeatRisk: national heat hazard outlook

• NBC News: dangerous heat wave ahead of July Fourth, with historic highs possible

Severe Weather and Tropical

• NWS Storm Prediction Center Day 2 Convective Outlook: severe thunderstorm risk areas

• NHC Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific development chances

• NHC Atlantic Tropical Weather Discussion: current basin discussion

Utah

• CBS News and AP: Utah declares emergency, limits fireworks as crews battle the largest U.S. wildfire

• ABC4: Cottonwood Fire update and acreage

• KUTV: Iron Fire growth and containment

Arizona

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: Pocket and Sycamore fire details

California

• CBS News Los Angeles: Big Bear public safety power shutoffs amid wildfire risk

• CBS News Sacramento: Butte County grass fire prompts evacuation activity near Paradise

Colorado

• CBS News Colorado: Dry Creek Fire reaches 90 percent containment south of Rifle

Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Washington, Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico, Alaska

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: state-by-state large incident details

Minnesota

• FOX 9 Minneapolis: extreme heat warning issued for June 29, 2026

New York

• NBC News: heat wave ahead of July Fourth, Northeast heat watch detail

Tennessee

• NewsChannel 5 Nashville: dangerous heat moving into the Mid-South

Virginia

• WDBJ7: new boil water notice issued for Alleghany County neighborhoods

Key Takeaways

• Western wildfire surge: NIFC holds the nation at Preparedness Level 3 with 37 large uncontained fires; Utah’s Cottonwood Fire (about 71,000 acres, 0 percent contained) leads the country with extreme behavior and active evacuations.

• Extremely Critical fire weather: SPC flags parts of central and southwestern Utah, northwest Arizona, and extreme southeastern Nevada for today, with 25 to 35 mph winds and 5 to 15 percent humidity.

• Utah evacuations: Level 3 “Go” orders remain for several Beaver-area communities (Cottonwood Fire) and for the Town of Eureka (Iron Fire, about 40,445 acres, 26 percent contained).

• Central U.S. flooding: Flood warnings and watches span Kansas, Missouri, and northeastern Oklahoma, with road closures in western Kansas and a flash flood threat into southwestern Missouri.

• Building heat: Dangerous heat expands across the southern and central U.S. this weekend and pushes east next week, with widespread 90s.

• CISA KEV additions: Two actively exploited vulnerabilities added June 25, CVE-2026-12569 (PTC Windchill/FlexPLM) and CVE-2026-20230 (Cisco Unified CM SSRF); federal agencies must remediate.

• FDA Class I recall: Medline recalls more than 6,500 cardiovascular procedure kits and more than 500 general surgery trays over anesthetic quality issues, the FDA’s most serious recall category.

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Wildfire (national)

• NIFC National Fire News: national wildfire summary, large fire counts, personnel, and year to date acres

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: daily situation report listing large fires by state, acreage, and containment

Fire weather and severe weather

• NOAA Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Outlook: Extremely Critical fire weather outlook for parts of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada

• NWS Weather Prediction Center: central U.S. flash flooding and heat outlook

• NWS Active Alerts: active flood watches, warnings, and heat alerts nationwide

CISA

• CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog: June 25 alert adding CVE-2026-12569 and CVE-2026-20230

• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: the KEV catalog of record

FDA

• FDA Recalls, Market Withdrawals, and Safety Alerts: FDA recall listing

• Medline cardiovascular kit recall report: coverage of the June 25 Class I recall of surgical kits

Arizona

• AZ Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire SET status: Oak Creek Canyon evacuation reduced from GO to SET

• Coconino National Forest: Pocket Fire evacuations: Forest Service release on Oak Creek Canyon orders and closures

• Sedona Red Rock News: Pocket Fire grows to 1,187 acres: acreage and personnel update

Colorado

• Colorado Public Radio: Dry Creek Fire evacuations lifted: containment and evacuation status near Rifle

• CBS Colorado: Mesa County evacuation notice lifted: Mesa County wildfire evacuation update

Kansas

• Kansas Severe Flood Warning (GovOneStop / NWS): flood warning for southwest and west central Kansas counties

• KAKE: Flash flooding hits Kansas counties: road closures and flooding impacts

Oklahoma

• NWS Tulsa: Flood Watch for northeastern Oklahoma and rainfall outlook

Utah

• ABC4: Governor Cox on the Cottonwood Fire: Cottonwood Fire acreage, containment, and evacuation status

• ABC4: Cottonwood Fire burns over 70,000 acres: updated acreage and 0 percent containment

• Gephardt Daily: Iron Fire update: Iron Fire acreage, containment, and Eureka evacuations

Wildfires by state (national situation report)

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: South Fork Fire (Nebraska), Bear Fire (New Mexico), and Washington fires

Nevada

• The Watchers: Extremely Critical fire weather outlook: fire weather risk for parts of Utah, Arizona, and Nevada

Key Takeaways

• National wildfire posture: NIFC holds the U.S. at Preparedness Level 3 with 32 large uncontained fires and more than 6,200 personnel committed; YTD acres burned run above the ten-year average.

• Fire weather and heat: Red Flag and critical fire weather span the Intermountain West, Four Corners, and Interior Alaska, with dangerous heat building across the South and West into the weekend.

• Utah, Iron Fire: Now 37,172 acres at 17 percent containment; mandatory evacuations remain for Eureka and Chimney Rock Pass, with residents expected to return Thursday.

• New Mexico, two active fires: McCauley Springs Fire (~150 acres, 0 percent) drives Jemez evacuations, an electric shutoff, and a Highway 4 closure; the Canyon Venado Fire (~852 acres, 0 percent) showed extreme behavior and briefly closed eastbound I-40, now reopened.

• California, prepositioning and hazmat: Cal OES prepositions engines, tenders, a helicopter, and 100-plus personnel across six Sacramento Valley counties; Garden Grove reissues precautionary evacuations for a hazmat incident.

• Arizona, Pocket Fire: Oak Creek Canyon downgraded from GO to SET north of Sedona, with restricted resident-only access.

• Florida, water lifelines: Precautionary boil water notices in Deltona (Volusia County) and Bradenton (Manatee County) after water-main breaks.

• Cyber, CISA KEV: Four vulnerabilities added June 23 (Lantronix EDS5000 and three Ubiquiti UniFi OS flaws); organizations should prioritize remediation.

• Severe weather: Damaging winds, isolated tornadoes, large hail, and flooding possible across the central U.S. and Mid-Atlantic into the Mid-South.

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NIFC / Wildfire (National)

• NIFC National Fire News: daily large-fire counts, new starts, personnel, and YTD totals

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report, June 23, 2026 (0730 MDT)

NWS / Weather

• National Weather Service: national forecast, severe weather, heat, and fire weather

• NWS Weather Prediction Center

NHC / Tropics

• National Hurricane Center: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific tropical outlooks

CISA

• CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog, June 23, 2026

• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

DHS

• DHS National Terrorism Advisory System

Alaska

• Alaska Wildland Fire Information: Anderson evacuation and Interior fire starts

• Alaska’s News Source: Critical fire danger grips Alaska (June 23, 2026)

Arizona

• City of Sedona: Oak Creek Canyon evacuation status changes from GO to SET for the Pocket Fire (June 23, 2026)

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire update, Oak Creek Canyon decreased to SET status

California

• Cal OES: Governor Newsom predeploys fire and rescue personnel to six Sacramento Valley counties ahead of Red Flag fire weather

• City of Garden Grove: Hazardous Materials Incident

Florida

• Volusia County / City of Deltona: Precautionary boil water notice for Deltona utility customers

• Manatee County: Precautionary boil water notice, June 23, 2026 (Bradenton)

New Mexico

• NM Fire Info: New fire start in Jemez Ranger District (McCauley Springs Fire)

• Source New Mexico: McCauley Springs Fire prompts evacuation orders, electric shutoff

• NM Fire Info: Canyon Venado Fire, Torrance County update

• Albuquerque Journal: Jemez Springs evacuations, Torrance County blaze impacts I-40

Utah

• Gephardt Daily: Iron Fire tops 37K acres, now 17% contained, evacuations remain in place

• KUTV: Iron Fire expands to over 37,000 acres, reaches 17% containment

Key Takeaways

• NIFC Preparedness Level 3: 31 uncontained large fires and about 5,854 personnel are committed nationwide, with activity concentrated in the Great Basin, Southwest, Northwest, and Alaska. Year-to-date acres burned run at 158 percent of the ten-year average.

• Utah, structure threat: The Iron Fire near Eureka (about 31,314 acres, 9 percent) and the Cottonwood Fire near Beaver (about 31,000 acres, 0 percent) both force mandatory evacuations and road closures; both are human-caused, and no homes have been lost on the Iron Fire.

• Arizona, Pocket Fire: Oak Creek Canyon eased from GO to SET at 8 a.m. today; State Route 89A remains closed, and crews prepare indirect line ahead of a midweek wind shift with gusts near 45 mph.

• Western and Southern heat: Dangerous, near-record heat covers parts of the West, the Southern Plains, and Florida through Friday, with Arizona Extreme Heat Warnings near 114 degrees and possible record highs from southern Colorado into New Mexico.

• Other active fires: Nevada (Grapevine, Kane Springs), Oregon (Lytle), Washington (Garred Road eased to Level 1, Kartar), and Alaska (Starry, Bear) all show ongoing operational impact.

• Federal assistance: FEMA announced more than 17 million dollars in hazard mitigation funding for New England states to reduce flood risk.

• Quiet on other fronts: No new NTAS bulletins, no CISA KEV additions, no State Department travel advisory level changes, and no significant earthquakes in the last 24 hours.

Sources

NIFC and National Fire

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: June 23, 2026, 0730 MDT (PL 3, fire counts, acres, predictive discussion)

• NIFC National Fire News: current large fire activity

Weather and Heat

• NWS Weather Prediction Center: national forecast and heat discussion

• NWS HeatRisk: excessive heat outlook

FEMA

• FEMA Newsroom: hazard mitigation funding announcements

USGS

• USGS Latest Earthquakes map

Alaska

• NIFC IMSR: Alaska Area fire summary (Starry, Bear, Pogo, Kathul, Shaw)

Arizona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire, Oak Creek Canyon reduced to SET

• Coconino National Forest: more resources arrive to battle Pocket Fire

California

• USGS Latest Earthquakes map: M4.2 near Ridgemark, June 23

Colorado

• NIFC IMSR: predictive services discussion (record-heat potential, southern Colorado into New Mexico)

Florida

• NIFC IMSR: Southern Area fires and Florida near-record heat

Idaho

• NIFC IMSR: Northern Rockies Area (Shingle Creek)

Nebraska

• NIFC IMSR: Rocky Mountain Area (South Fork)

Nevada

• NIFC IMSR: Great Basin Area (Grapevine, Kane Springs)

New Mexico

• NIFC IMSR: Southwest Area (Rio Fire) and Four Corners fire weather

North Carolina

• NIFC IMSR: Southern Area (Rose Bay Canal) and Carolinas fire weather

Oregon

• NIFC IMSR: Northwest Area (Lytle Fire)

Utah

• Gephardt Daily: Iron Fire at 31K acres, 9 percent contained

• KSL: Cottonwood Fire east of Beaver, evacuations

• NIFC IMSR: Great Basin Area (Iron, Cottonwood, Hastings, Sawmill, Bonneville)

Washington

• Washington State Patrol: state fire mobilization authorized for the Garred Road Fire

• Columbia Basin Herald: Garred Road Fire contained at 3,500 acres

• NIFC IMSR: Northwest Area (Garred Road, Kartar)

Key Takeaways

• National Preparedness Level 3: NIFC reports 31 uncontained large fires across eight geographic areas, with the Great Basin carrying 11 and a rebuilding ridge driving critical fire weather and single-digit humidity across the West.

• Utah: Iron Fire: Past 24,000 acres at zero containment, keeping all of Eureka under mandatory evacuation; no homes lost, full containment estimated July 3.

• Arizona: Pocket Fire: Oak Creek Canyon north of Sedona remains under evacuation with State Route 89A closed; orders set to lift Tuesday morning. The Sycamore Fire north of Globe threatens structures and energy infrastructure.

• Alaska: Starry Fire: Evacuations near Anderson as the Alaska area sits at PL3 with five uncontained large fires.

• California: Boyle Heights: Local and state emergency declarations remain in effect for the Lineage cold-storage warehouse fire, with multi-day smoke impacts and biohazard concerns.

• Washington: Upriver Fire: 85 percent contained after destroying 18 structures; FEMA approved a Fire Management Assistance Grant on June 16.

• Severe weather: NWS tracks flash-flood and severe-storm corridors from the Mid-Atlantic to the High Plains, alongside dangerous heat in the West and southern Plains; no tropical development expected over seven days.

• Cyber: CISA’s latest Known Exploited Vulnerabilities additions (June 16 and June 9) carry federal remediation deadlines for Arista, Chromium, and Cisco products.

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NIFC / National wildfire

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: National PL3, 31 uncontained large fires, geographic-area detail (June 22, 0730 MDT)

• NIFC National Fire News: current national fire activity summary

NWS / Weather

• Weather Prediction Center: flash flooding and severe storm corridors, excessive rainfall outlook

• NHC Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook: no Atlantic/Caribbean/Gulf development expected over 7 days

CISA

• CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog (June 16, 2026)

• CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog (June 9, 2026)

• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog: full list and remediation deadlines

Travel advisories

• State Department Travel Advisories: full index of current levels

• Mexico travel advisory update (June 3, 2026): exercise increased caution

DHS / NTAS

• DHS National Terrorism Advisory System: current bulletin status

Alaska

• NIFC IMSR: Alaska area at PL3; Starry, Elliott Complex, Bear, and Nowitna fires

Arizona

• Coconino National Forest: Oak Creek Canyon evacuations due to Pocket Fire north of Sedona

• Arizona Emergency Information Network: Pocket Fire evacuation orders to end Tuesday

• NIFC IMSR: Pocket and Sycamore fire size, containment, and threats

California

• Mayor Karen Bass: Declaration of Local Emergency for the Boyle Heights warehouse fire

• NBC Los Angeles: Newsom declares state of emergency for Boyle Heights warehouse fire

• CAL FIRE Incidents: statewide active incident list

Florida

• NIFC IMSR: Rookery, Well 13, Shell, and Corrections 13 fires; peninsula thunderstorm ignition risk

Idaho

• NIFC IMSR: Shingle Creek, Gold Run, and Mary fires; Snake River Plain fire weather

Nebraska

• Nebraska Public Media: South Fork Fire now 90% contained

• NIFC IMSR: South Fork Fire at 39,696 acres, 90% containment, precipitation over fire area

Nevada

• NIFC IMSR: Kane Springs (railroad infrastructure threatened) and Grapevine fires

New Mexico

• NIFC IMSR: Bear Fire at 97% containment and Rio Fire status

North Carolina

• NIFC IMSR: Rose Bay Canal Fire status; elevated fire risk across the Carolinas

Oregon

• NIFC IMSR: Basin and Old Emigrant fires contained; southeast Oregon fire weather

Utah

• ABC4: Iron Fire mapped past 24,000 acres, Eureka under mandatory evacuation

• KSL: Eureka evacuations remain in place as Iron Fire grows

• NIFC IMSR: Iron, Bonneville, Sawmill, Hastings, and Middlefork fires

Washington

• FEMA: Fire Management Assistance Grant authorized for the Upriver Fire (June 16, 2026)

• NIFC IMSR: Kartar and Upriver fire size, containment, and structures lost

Key Takeaways

• Utah, Iron Fire: A human-caused fire on the Tooele and Juab county line reached about 21,935 acres at zero percent containment, forcing the full evacuation of Eureka (population near 1,000) and closing U.S. Highway 6; an overnight backburn protected the town with no primary structures lost.

• Arizona, Pocket Fire: Evacuations remain in effect for Oak Creek Canyon north of Sedona for a roughly 500-acre, zero-percent-contained fire, with State Route 89A closed and a Red Cross shelter open.

• National wildfire posture: NIFC holds the nation at Preparedness Level 3 with 28 uncontained large fires and about 5,489 personnel committed; year-to-date fires and acres are both well above the ten-year average.

• Western fire weather: Critical conditions of extreme heat, single-digit humidity, and gusty winds are driving extreme fire behavior in the Great Basin (Nevada’s Kane Springs and Grapevine fires) and Southwest.

• Two-sided weather: Dangerous heat is building across the West and South while severe storms and flash flooding threaten the Lower Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and Plains.

• Quiet security and seismic window: No new DHS NTAS bulletin, no new CISA KEV entries, and no significant domestic earthquakes in the last 24 hours.

Sources

National Wildfire and Heat

• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: National PL3, 28 uncontained large fires, June 20, 2026

• NIFC National Fire News: current national fire activity

• PBS News: heat, wind, and drought spark wildfires in the U.S. West

• U.S. News: heat, wind, and drought conditions spark wildfires in U.S. West (June 21)

Weather

• National Weather Service: national forecast and hazards

• NOAA Weather Prediction Center: national forecast discussion

• Storm Prediction Center: Day 4-8 severe weather outlook (June 21)

Tropical

• National Hurricane Center: Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook (June 22)

USGS Earthquakes

• USGS: Significant Earthquakes 2026

• USGS: Latest Earthquakes map

DHS / NTAS

• DHS: National Terrorism Advisory System (no new bulletin in window)

CISA

• CISA: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog (most recent addition June 16)

Arizona

• Coconino National Forest: Oak Creek Canyon evacuations ordered for Pocket Fire

• AZFamily: Pocket Fire burns near Sedona, sparks evacuations

• NIFC IMSR: Sycamore and Rock Canyon fire details

California

• CAL FIRE: Lost Fire incident page

• BakersfieldNow: all evacuation warnings lifted after Lost Fire burns 7,800 acres

Florida

• NIFC IMSR: Coptic, Quarry 2, and Well 13 fire details

Nevada

• NIFC IMSR: Kane Springs and Grapevine fire details

New Mexico

• NIFC IMSR: Bear and Rio fire details

Texas

• NWS Houston/Galveston: area forecast and hazards

• GovOneStop: Texas flood advisory effective June 21, 2026

Utah

• KSL: Juab County wildfire forces evacuations as it explodes to thousands of acres

• Herald Extra: Iron Fire reaches nearly 22,000 acres, Eureka evacuation orders stay in place

• Deseret News: no homes burned, but evacuations remain for growing Iron Fire

• KUER: heat, wind, and drought spark a weekend of wildfires in Utah

Washington

• NIFC IMSR: Upriver and Kartar fire details