Today’s brief tracks the Seven Cabins fire holding at 57 percent contained on the Lincoln National Forest with structures still threatened, CISA’s June 2 addition of a Linux Kernel and Android Framework vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, the end of Kilauea summit Episode 48 with reticulite and Pele’s hair reported in Volcano village, severe thunderstorm watches across the Dakotas, and a precautionary boil water notice in Lee County, Florida, with brief updates from New York, North Carolina, Georgia, and the Caribbean. 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
• National fire posture: NIFC holds at PL 2 with 6 uncontained large fires and 2.46 million acres burned year to date, above the 10 year average; Southwest GACC is at PL 3.
• Seven Cabins (NM): 30,420 acres, 57 percent contained, active flanking and short range spotting, numerous structures threatened, closures in effect.
• Cyber: CISA adds CVE-2022-0492 (Linux Kernel) and CVE-2025-48595 (Android Framework) to the KEV Catalog; federal civilian agencies face BOD 22-01 remediation deadlines.
• Volcanic activity: Kilauea summit Episode 48 ended June 1 after about 9 hours of fountaining with ashfall in communities NE of the summit; Great Sitkin lava effusion continues.
• Severe weather: SPC severe thunderstorm watches in effect across central South Dakota and much of North Dakota into Tuesday evening; large hail and damaging wind are the primary threats.
• Water systems: Precautionary boil water notices in Lee County FL, Waterloo NY, and Chadbourn NC, all tied to planned work or main breaks.
Caribbean: Saharan dust event and moderate rip current risk across Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands today; no tropical advisories active
Sources
NIFC and InciWeb
• NIFC IMSR archive landing page
CISA
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog landing page
USGS Volcano
• USGS HVO Kilauea volcano update, June 2, 2026: Episode 48 ended, ashfall in communities NE of summit
• Kilauea volcano updates page
• Alaska Volcano Observatory Great Sitkin status page
NWS Storm Prediction Center
• SPC Day 1 Convective Outlook, June 2, 2026
• SPC active severe thunderstorm and tornado watches
National Hurricane Center
• National Hurricane Center Atlantic basin
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Nebraska
New Mexico
• NM Fire Info: Seven Cabins fire containment increases, June 2, 2026
• NIFC IMSR Southwest Area details and predictive services discussion for eastern New Mexico
New York
• Fingerlakes1: Boil water notice issued for parts of Waterloo, New York
North Carolina
• WECT: Town of Chadbourn issues boil water advisory for waterline work, effective 8 p.m. Tuesday
North Dakota and South Dakota
• SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 269 (South Dakota) and 270 (North Dakota), in effect until 10 p.m. CDT
Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Florida (fire summaries)
Texas
• Stormersite daily reports, June 2, 2026 (hail and wind in Texas)
• PowerOutage.us Texas state page
Travel Advisories
• State Department Travel Advisories landing page
