Episode 181
State Department updates Worldwide Caution with enhanced Ebola screening; CISA releases new ICS advisory bundle as Seven Cabins Fire holds at 46 percent containment
Today’s EM Morning Brief covers the State Department’s May 28 update to the Worldwide Caution adding Public Health Arrival Restrictions and Enhanced Ebola Disease Screening for travelers from the DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan, with the Uganda Travel Advisory at Level 4. CISA releases a fresh bundle of Industrial Control Systems advisories on May 28 and adds four entries to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog earlier in the week. The May 28 NICC Situation Report documents an active national fire picture with year to date totals well above the ten year average. USGS sets the Kilauea Episode 48 fountaining window for May 28 to 30. State by state items include a Red Flag Warning across Colorado, severe weather across Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Washington, boil water advisories in Aiken County, South Carolina and Seminole County, Florida, and a Seven Cabins Fire daily update at 28,907 acres and 46 percent containment in New Mexico. 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
• State Department Worldwide Caution updated: Enhanced Ebola screening at IAH Houston for arrivals from DRC, Uganda, and South Sudan; Uganda Travel Advisory at Level 4.
• CISA ICS advisory bundle: Five new advisories on May 28 covering medical, ICS, OT, and IoT vulnerabilities with vendor mitigations.
• CISA KEV additions: Three entries May 27 (Daemon Tools Lite, TanStack, plus one) and one entry May 26 (LiteSpeed cPanel plugin) under active exploitation, with BOD 22-01 deadlines for federal civilian agencies.
• Kilauea Episode 48 forecast window: May 28 to 30, alert level ADVISORY, aviation color yellow; summit inflation returning.
• Seven Cabins Fire, New Mexico: 28,907 acres, 46 percent contained, 1,114 personnel; SET status holds for Fort Lone Tree area, South Base Road, and SH 246.
• NICC May 28 Situation Report: National year to date totals near 29,000 fires and over 2.3 million acres burned, well above the ten year average.
• Western fire weather: Red Flag Warning in Colorado May 28 (1 to 8 p.m. MDT); Fire Weather Watch expanded into Utah for May 29.
• Plains severe weather: SPC severe risk over western Nebraska, central Kansas, north central Oklahoma May 28 with large hail and damaging winds.
• Pacific Northwest severe weather: Severe Thunderstorm Watch over south central and southeastern Washington through midnight PDT May 28; warnings in Lewis, Idaho, and Clearwater counties, Idaho.
• Water systems: Boil water advisories in Aiken County, South Carolina (Valley PSA) and Seminole County, Florida.
• Missouri damage assessments: Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments began May 27 in 11 counties for the May 16 to 19 storms; earlier April 23 to 28 declaration request still pending.
• Tropical outlook: NHC expects no tropical cyclone formation in the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific over the next seven days; Central Pacific outlook resumes June 1.
Sources
DHS
• National Terrorism Advisory System — DHS current status page
CISA
• ICS Advisories — CISA listing of current Industrial Control Systems advisories
• CISA Adds Three Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog — May 27, 2026 alert
• CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog — May 26, 2026 alert
• Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog — CISA living catalog
Travel advisories
• Worldwide Caution — State Department updated May 28 with Ebola screening provisions
• Travel Advisories — State Department index including Uganda Level 4
CDC
• Ebola Disease Outbreak in the DRC and Uganda — CDC HAN Advisory, May 19, 2026
• 2026 Hantavirus Outbreak: Testing for Potential Infection — CDC HAN Health Update, May 18, 2026
NIFC and wildfire
• Incident Management Situation Report — NICC May 28, 2026 PDF
• Incident Management Situation Report landing — NICC
• National Fire News — NIFC
USGS
• Kilauea Volcano Updates — USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
• Kilauea Volcano Update for Wednesday, May 27 — Big Island Video News summary
NHC
• Atlantic 7-Day Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook — NHC
NWS and SPC
• Storm Prediction Center Day 1 Convective Outlook — May 28, 2026
• Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook — SPC May 28, 2026
Colorado
• Red Flag Warning summary — NWS Watch Warning Advisory page
Florida
• Boil Water Advisories — Seminole County Utilities current advisories page
• Current Wildfire Information — Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Forest Service
Hawaii
• Hawaiian Volcano Observatory — USGS HVO portal
Idaho
• NWS Spokane Watches and Warnings — Severe Thunderstorm Warning page
Missouri
• Governor Kehoe Disaster Declaration Request — Missouri Governor’s Office press release
• Weather and Current Conditions Maps — Missouri State Emergency Management Agency
New Mexico
• Seven Cabins Fire Daily Update May 28, 2026 — NM Fire Info
• Seven Cabins Fire — InciWeb incident page
South Carolina
• Boil water advisory for some customers in Aiken County — WRDW report on Valley PSA advisory
• Boil Water Emergencies — SC Department of Environmental Services guidance
Utah
• Red Flag and Fire Weather Watches summary — NWS
Washington
• Southeast Washington and Northeast Oregon Watches and Warnings — University of Washington atmospheric sciences feed
Transcript
Good morning.
Speaker A: ,: Speaker A:The U.S. department of State on May 28th updated its worldwide caution to add public health arrival restrictions and enhanced Ebola disease screening for US Citizens and nationals who have been in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or south Sudan within 21 days of arrival in the United States.
Speaker A: parting those countries after: Speaker A:The department also keeps the Uganda Travel Advisory at level 4, do not travel tied to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in northeastern DRC and reported spread into the region.
Speaker A:CDC's most recent health Alert Network advisory on the outbreak was issued May 19.
Speaker A:Official update published roughly 30 hours ago for the State Department action CISA on May 28 released a bundle of industrial control systems advisories, including one ICS medical advisory and four numbered ICS advisories on novel vulnerabilities affecting ICS operational technology and Internet of Things devices with mitigation guidance from product vendors.
Speaker A:Earlier in the week, the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog grew with three editions on May 27 covering a daemon Tools Lite embedded malicious code flaw, a tanstack vulnerability, and one additional entry plus one addition on May 26th covering a light speed CPANEL plugin privilege escalation flaw under active exploitation.
Speaker A: binding Operational Directive: Speaker A:The May 28 National Interagency Coordination Center Incident Management Situation Report documents an active National Wildland fire picture with year to date totals near 29,000 fires and more than 2.3 million acres burned well above the 10 year average.
Speaker A:In Hawaii, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory keeps Kilauea at alert level advisory and aviation color code yellow and the current forecast window for episode 48 lava fountaining runs Thursday through Saturday, May 28 to 30.
Speaker A:The National Hurricane center reports no tropical cyclone formation expected in the North Atlantic, Caribbean, Gulf of America or Eastern Pacific over the next seven days and the Central Pacific Outlook resumes June 1st.
Speaker A:The DHS National Terrorism Advisory System carries no current bulletin lets run through the States.
Speaker A:Colorado the National Weather Service Grand Junction office issued a red flag warning in effect from 1pm to 8pm MDT on May 28 for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels with south winds 15 to 25 mph, gusts up to 45 mph and relative humidity from 8 to 13%.
Speaker A:The warning was expanded to include Colorado Fire Weather Zone 292.
Speaker A:Florida Seminole County Utilities issued a precautionary boil water advisory beginning 8am on May 28 after a loss of pressure in a portion of the distribution system.
Speaker A:The advisory remains in effect until test results confirm water is safe.
Speaker A:The May 28 NICC report also lists several new small wildland fires on private land, including the Cow Creek fire south of Bronson, the Lochlussa west fire southwest of Hawthorne and the River 47 fire west of Basinger with minimal to moderate fire behavior and some threatened structures.
Speaker A:The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's May 27 update places the forecast window for Kilauea episode 48 lava fountaining at May 28 to 30 with summit inflation returning and glow visible from both Halemaumau vents.
Speaker A:The volcano remains at alert level.
Speaker A:Advisory Aviation Color Yellow lava fountaining episodes generally last less than 12 hours.
Speaker A:Idaho the National Weather Service Spokane office issued severe thunderstorm warnings during the afternoon and evening of May 28 for portions of northeastern Lewis county, north central Idaho county and southwestern Clearwater county in the Idaho Panhandle, citing damaging gusts and large hail risk.
Speaker A:Kansas the storm prediction center May 28 day one convective outlook flagged severe risk along a frontal boundary from central Kansas into north central Oklahoma with damaging wind gusts and large hail as the primary hazards as storms grew upscale into a cluster during the evening.
Speaker A:Missouri Joint preliminary damage assessments began May 27 in 11 counties in response to the May 16 to 19 tornadoes, severe storms, straight line winds, heavy rains, large hail and flooding, the State Emergency Management Agency reports the state's earlier disaster declaration request for storms April 23 to 28 remains pending.
Speaker A:Federal action the Storm Prediction center forecast a concentrated severe weather threat over western Nebraska on May 28 with steep lapse rates supporting large hail and severe wind gusts and a chance for upscale growth into an evening cluster.
Speaker A:New Mexico The Seven Cabins Fire Daily Update for May 28th lists the fire at 28,907 acres with 46% containment and 1,114 personnel assigned.
Speaker A:Set status remains for the Fort Lone Tree area, south Base Road east of Capitan Gap Road and along State Highway246 from mile marker 13 to the ridgetop of the Capitan Mountains near Boy Scout Mountain.
Speaker A:Lincoln county reduced earlier GO status to set on May 26 as conditions improved.
Speaker A:The fire started May 14 and burns in the Capitan Mountain Wilderness.
Speaker A:Oklahoma the storm Prediction Center May 28 Outlook placed north central Oklahoma in the severe risk corridor along the dryline with damaging wind gusts and large hail expected from afternoon storms.
Speaker A:South Carolina Valley the Valley Public Service Authority issued a boil water advisory affecting some customers in aiken county on May 28 following a service interruption due to unforeseen system repairs.
Speaker A:The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is coordinating with no confirmed contamination reported.
Speaker A:Customers who experienced interruption or low pressure are advised to boil water vigorously for at least one full minute before drinking or cooking.
Speaker A:Utah A Fire weather watch was expanded to include Utah fire Weather Zone 491 for Friday, May 29 as Red Flag conditions persist across the multi state Colorado Plateau corridor.
Speaker A:Washington A severe thunderstorm watch remained in effect until midnight PDT on May 28 for South Central and southeastern Washington with strong thunderstorms impacting North Central, Benton, Walla Walla and Franklin counties through the evening.
Speaker A:Reported wind gusts reach 50 to 55 mph with nickel size hail.
Speaker A:All other states and territories have no significant updates in the last 24 hours that wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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