Collapse Rescue Operations, Mountain Snow Warnings and More Emergency Management News
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Rescue crews in Brooklyn worked a collapsed three story building for a second day as the Fire Department of New York confirmed five deaths and at least 17 hospitalizations, with about 250 firefighters on the pile. A Pacific storm moved onto the West Coast, bringing Winter Storm Warnings to the Sierra Nevada with up to 20 inches of snow near the Lake Tahoe crest, High Wind Warnings to the southern Oregon coast and interior Northern California, and a Flood Watch to western Washington. Along Florida’s St. Johns River, the gauge near Cocoa sat in major flood stage with slow rises forecast through the week. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory lowered Kilauea to Advisory, FEMA opened Disaster Recovery Centers in Bexar and Kerr counties in Texas ahead of a December 29 application deadline, and CISA added six vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, two of them carrying a November 13 federal remediation deadline. EM Morning Brief is your concise daily update on national and state-by-state emergency management news. An EOC Voices podcast.Key Takeaways· Brooklyn building collapse. Five confirmed deaths and at least 17 hospitalizations, four critical, after a three story mixed use building fell into an adjacent excavation site at 2625 Bedford Avenue. About 250 firefighters, search dogs and void entry operations are in play, and the Department of Buildings is investigating the cause.· Pacific storm, West Coast. Winter Storm Warnings for the Sierra Nevada from Friday morning into Saturday, with up to 20 inches near the Tahoe crest and ridge gusts of 70 to 90 mph. Plan for mountain route closures, chain controls and wind driven outages.· St. Johns River, Florida. Major flood stage near Cocoa in Brevard County, moderate stage above Lake Harney in Seminole County, and gauges near Sanford and DeLand forecast to climb. The river rises and falls slowly, so these levels hold for days.· Kilauea alert level. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory lowered Kilauea to Advisory and aviation color code Yellow. The episode 57 forecast window is November 16 to 21, so the pause is temporary.· FEMA assistance in Texas. Disaster Recovery Centers are open in Bexar and Kerr counties with no appointment needed. The application deadline for 20 counties is December 29.· CISA catalog additions. Six new Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, including two Barracuda Networks flaws with a November 13 federal remediation deadline, plus Microsoft Office, Cisco BroadWorks and Chromium entries due November 24.· Wildfire posture. National Preparedness Level 1 with five uncontained large fires. The Campbell Glassman Way fire in Tennessee is the one with structures threatened at 65 percent containment.Sponsors· EM Creators Intelligence Report - https://link.bcolburn.com/EMCIR· B. Colburn Coaching - https://calendly.com/briancolburn/virtual-coffee· The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.com· Descript, Edit video by editing text - https://link.bcolburn.com/DB-Descript· ESET, Cyber Security Progress. Protected. - https://refer.eset.com/hip7rSourcesNew York· AP: Brooklyn collapse death toll (Nov 12)· Gothamist: Flatbush collapse casualty counts· NWS Albany: Adirondacks Winter Weather AdvisoryWest Coast storm· NWS Reno: Lake Tahoe Winter Storm Warning· NWS Medford: Siskiyou High Wind Warning· NWS Medford: Oregon coast wind warning· NWS Reno: Washoe County High Wind Watch· NWS Seattle: Mason County Flood WatchFlorida· NWS Melbourne: St. Johns River flood warningAlaska· NWS Fairbanks: Arctic Coast Blizzard WarningArizona· NWS Phoenix: Painted Rock Dam flood warningHawaii· USGS HVO: Kilauea lowered to Advisory· NWS Honolulu: High Surf AdvisoryTennessee· NWS Morristown: Smokies Winter Weather AdvisoryTexas· FEMA: Bexar and Kerr recovery centersWildfire· NIFC: Situation report, Preparedness Level 1· InciWeb: Active incident tableCyber· CISA: Six vulnerabilities added to KEV· CISA: Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
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