Federal recovery operations continue across the Mariana Islands under FEMA Emergency Declarations for Guam and CNMI following Super Typhoon Sinlaku; the President affirms a Major Disaster Declaration for Hawaii tied to the March Kona-low storms; CISA adds an Apache ActiveMQ flaw to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and publishes four new ICS advisories; SPC highlights an Enhanced Risk of severe storms across the Plains and Mississippi Valley today; and several states post boil-water actions after water-main breaks. 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

• Super Typhoon Sinlaku response: FEMA Emergency Declarations cover Guam and the CNMI; Saipan and Tinian remain without full power, water, and road access as federal resources deploy.
• Hawaii disaster declaration: Presidential Major Disaster Declaration affirmed for Kona-low storms (March 10–24); Individual Assistance available in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Maui counties; IA deadline June 7, 2026.
• CISA KEV update: CVE-2026-34197 Apache ActiveMQ added to the KEV catalog on April 16; federal civilian agencies must remediate under BOD 22-01.
• CISA ICS advisories: Four new advisories (ICSA-26-106-01–04) including Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft stack-based buffer overflow — Critical Manufacturing sector.
• Severe weather outlook: SPC Enhanced Risk today across Upper/Middle Mississippi Valleys and Central/Southern Plains; WPC Slight Risk for excessive rainfall; SWPC G2 geomagnetic storm watches April 17–18.
• NIFC situational picture: April 16 IMSR shows 1,744,190 YTD acres burned; eight large uncontained fires; 770 personnel assigned nationwide.
• Florida — Newman Drive Fire: 1,733 acres, 60% contained; evacuations remain for five streets in Collier County; pet-friendly shelter open at Golden Gate Community Center.
• Water-system advisories: New boil-water notices or active advisories in Silver City, Nevada; portions of Newark/Belleville/Bloomfield, New Jersey; Rotterdam, New York; five counties in southwest Iowa; and portions of Guam.

Sources

FEMA

• FEMA — CNMI Emergency Declaration (Typhoon Sinlaku) — Federal assistance available to CNMI for Typhoon Sinlaku beginning April 11, 2026.
• Hawaii News Now — FEMA Affirms Major Disaster Declaration for Hawaii — Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for Kona-low storms.
• Governor of Hawaii — FEMA Affirms Presidential Major Disaster Declaration — State reaction and federal assistance breakdown; June 7, 2026 IA deadline.
• FEMA Newsroom — Official FEMA press releases.

CISA

• CISA — Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog (Apr 16, 2026) — CVE-2026-34197 Apache ActiveMQ improper-input-validation vulnerability.
• CISA — Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog — KEV catalog landing page with remediation deadlines.
• CISA — ICSA-26-106-01 Delta Electronics ASDA-Soft — Stack-based buffer overflow in Critical Manufacturing sector software.
• CISA — ICS Advisories index — Listing of current ICS/OT advisories including ICSA-26-106-01 through 04.

NOAA / NWS / SWPC

• Storm Prediction Center — Day 1 Convective Outlook — Enhanced severe risk across Upper/Middle Miss Valleys and Central/Southern Plains.
• Weather Prediction Center — National precipitation and flash flood guidance.
• NOAA SWPC — G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storm watches April 17–18, 2026.

NIFC / Wildfire

• NIFC — Incident Management Situation Report (April 16, 2026) — National wildland fire synopsis: 1,744,190 YTD acres; 8 uncontained large fires; 770 personnel assigned.
• NIFC — National Fire News — Daily national wildfire activity summary.

DHS / NTAS

• DHS — National Terrorism Advisory System — Current NTAS bulletins and updates.

Travel Advisories

• U.S. Department of State — Travel Advisories — Country-by-country levels and recent updates.

CDC / Public Health

• CDC HAN — Medetomidine in the U.S. Illegal Fentanyl Supply — Health Advisory on overdose and severe withdrawal syndrome risk.

Florida

• WUSF — Newman Road Fire containment rises to 60% — Collier County wildfire at 1,733 acres; 60% contained; evacuations in place.
• WGCU — Newman Drive Fire evacuations and shelter info — Evacuation streets and Golden Gate Community Center pet-friendly shelter.

Iowa

• We Are Iowa — Boil order across five counties — Pottawattamie, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, and Cass counties on Regional Water system.
• Iowa HSEMD — Regional Water boil order bulletin — Official Iowa HSEMD bulletin forwarding boil-order details.

Nevada

• Nevada Appeal — Silver City boil-water notice — Notice issued 7:45 a.m. April 16 by Storey County for all Silver City residents.
• KOLO — Silver City boil-water notice — Additional coverage with resident guidance.

New Jersey

• Clean Air and Water — New Jersey boil-water advisory (April 15, 2026) — Summary of Newark-area advisory following water-main break in Belleville.
• Newark Patch — Boil Water Advisory guidance — Ward-level impact in Newark and resident instructions.

New York

• WGY — Rotterdam residents under boil-water advisory — Precautionary boil advisory after April 15 water-main break.

Hawaii

• Star-Advertiser — Trump issues disaster declaration after Kona-low storms — Declaration detail and affected counties.
• Hawaii Public Radio — Federal disaster aid for storm-impacted residents — Governor Green deploys federal IA for affected counties.

Guam

• Kandit News — GWA boil-water notice update — Sustained pressure loss in distribution system following Typhoon Sinlaku.
• Commonwealth Utilities Corporation — Precautionary Boil Water Notice — Official utility notice for affected islands.

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)

• Isla Public — CNMI/Guam federal emergency declarations — Status of the April 11 emergency declaration as Sinlaku advanced.
• The Watchers — Sinlaku cripples Saipan and Tinian — Infrastructure, power, and road impact summary.
• NPR — Super Typhoon Sinlaku pounds remote U.S. islands — National coverage of the storm's Mariana Islands impact.

Good morning.

Federal Disaster Response continues across the Pacific as FEMA sustains emergency declarations for Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands following Super Typhoon sinlaku.

The Category 5 system battered Saipan and Tinian with sustained winds near 150mph late on April 14 local time, prolonging destructive wind, rain and coastal impacts across populated islands.

Power, water and roadways are extensively disrupted on Saipan and Tinian.

More than thousand residents sheltered across Guam and the CNMI during the storm and no fatalities have been confirmed.

FEMA is moving additional personnel and supplies into the region.

FEMA also announces that the President has affirmed a major disaster declaration for Hawaii, making Federal assistance available to residents and businesses in the city and county of Honolulu, Hawaii county and Maui county for the severe storms, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred March 10 through 24 during the Kona Lo events.

Individual assistance, including grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low cost loans for uninsured property losses is available.

The storm prediction center highlights an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms today from the upper and middle Mississippi Valleys into the Central and Southern Plains, with all severe hazards possible and a slightly elevated tornado risk in the northeast portion of the risk area.

The Weather Prediction center has a slight risk of excessive rainfall over the middle Mississippi Valley and Central and Southern Plains.

Separately, NOAA's Space Weather Prediction center has issued G2 moderate geomagnetic storm watches for April 17th and 18th.

Delta recommends upgrading to V7.2.6.0 or later.

Wildland fire activity remains concentrated in the southern area.

NYFC's Incident Management Situation Report for April 16th shows 1,744,190 acres burned year to date and reports eight large uncontained incidents with 770 personnel assigned nationwide.

In Public Health, the CDC Health Alert Network Advisory on Metatomidine in the Illicit Fentanyl Supply issued earlier this month remains the active clinical guidance item.

It describes escalating overdose risk and a severe withdrawal syndrome tied to metetomidine exposure on travel.

The State Department's recent global advisory adjustments remain in effect, including Colombia at Level 3, reconsider travel with Level 4 sub national carve outs, Sao Tome and Principe at level three and Egypt at level two.

Let's run through the states Florida the Newman Drive fire in Collier county remains the highest impact state incident burning in the Picayune Strand State Forest east of Naples, Florida.

Forest Service reported the fire at 1,733 acres with containment improved to 60% as of Tuesday evening following sustained work by more than 200 firefighters from more than a dozen local, state and federal agencies using brush trucks, tractors and Blackhawk helicopters.

Evacuation orders remain in place for Stable Way, Newman Drive, Barton, Gilba Drive, Benfield Road and Le Buffs Road.

Hawaii the FEMA affirmed major disaster Declaration for the March 10th 24th Kona Los Storms opens federal individual assistance for Honolulu, Hawaii and Maui counties.

Governor Green has estimated overall costs at more than $1 billion.

Iowa A Boyle advisory remains in effect for portions of Pottawatomie, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon and Cass counties served by the Regional Water Rural Water Association.

Following a water main break, residents are advised to bring water to a rolling boil for one minute before use until further notice.

Nevada Storey county issued a boilwater notice for all residents of Silver City at 7:45am local time, Thursday, April 16.

The notice remains in effect until water quality testing confirms the system is safe.

Residents are instructed to boil water for at least one minute before drinking, cooking, brushing teeth or preparing food.

Multiple municipalities remain under boil water advisories following a large water main break on Mill street in Belleville earlier in the week.

Affected areas include the North, south, west and Central wards of Newark, plus Belleville and Bloomfield.

Advisories stay in effect pending satisfactory water quality testing.

New York Residents of portions of Rotterdam are under a precautionary boil water advisory following a water main break issued Wednesday, April 15.

Customers should boil water for one minute before consumption until officials confirm safe water quality.

All other states have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.

Territories Guam the Guam Waterworks Authority issued a precautionary boil water notice for parts of Guam on April 16, citing sustained loss of pressure in portions of the distribution system caused by Super Typhoon Sinlaku.

Recovery operations supported by FEMA under the April 11 emergency declaration continue across the territory as power, water and road infrastructure are restored.

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Saipan and Tinian remain the most severely impacted US Territory following Super Typhoon Sinlaku's direct hit.

Power, water and many roadways are still down across Saipan and Tinian.

Tropical storm force conditions lasted more than three days and typhoon force winds persisted for over 24 hours.

The FEMA emergency declaration covers Saipan, Tinian, Rota and the northern Islands, and additional federal personnel and supplies are en route.

All other territories in the District of Colombia have no significant updates in the last 24 hours.

Stay safe.