Episode Details

Today’s EM Morning Brief covers a multi-day severe weather outbreak across the central United States, including an EF-2 tornado in Ottawa, Kansas that triggered a state disaster emergency, and widespread wind and flood damage across Wisconsin and Michigan. We cover the Cheboygan Dam flood response, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake near Silver Springs, Nevada, continued evacuations at the Newman Drive Fire in Collier County, Florida, and the latest Kīlauea status from HVO. On the federal side, CISA adds two new vulnerabilities to the KEV catalog, the State Department updates travel advisories for Nigeria, Oman, Ethiopia, and parts of Colombia, and FEMA denies Colorado’s major disaster appeal. 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

• Severe weather outbreak: Multi-day threat of strong tornadoes, giant hail, and damaging wind from the southern Plains into the southern Great Lakes through April 16.

• Kansas disaster emergency: Gov. Kelly declares a state disaster emergency after Monday’s EF-2 tornado in Ottawa and Miami County damage; state EOC activated.

• Michigan flood response: Cheboygan Dam within inches of crest; SEOC activation extended; levee breach and a failed Alcona County dam prompt evacuations.

• Nevada earthquake: M5.7 near Silver Springs with 125+ aftershocks; light to moderate damage near Fallon; no major critical-infrastructure impacts reported.

• Florida wildfire: Newman Drive Fire at roughly 1,733 acres and 60% containment in Collier County; evacuations and smoke refuge remain active near Naples.

Sources

CISA

• CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog (Apr 14) — Microsoft Office RCE and Microsoft SharePoint Server improper input validation added to KEV.

• Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog — Full KEV catalog and remediation due dates.

FEMA

• FEMA Disasters and Declarations — Index of current and past federal disaster declarations.

• Colorado will not receive FEMA aid for last year’s fires and flooding — KUNC (Apr 14) — FEMA denial of Colorado major disaster appeal.

NIFC / InciWeb

• Incident Management Situation Report — Tuesday, April 14, 2026, 0730 MDT — National PL 2; 22 uncontained large fires; 11 new large incidents.

• InciWeb — Incident Information — Active wildland fire incidents, including the Newman Drive Fire.

USGS

• USGS Significant Earthquakes — 2026 — Catalog of significant events including the Silver Springs, Nevada M5.7.

• USGS Volcano Notice — Kīlauea, Apr 14, 2026 18:03 UTC — HVO status: episode 44 paused; episode 45 forecast Apr 19–26.

• Kīlauea — Volcano Updates — HVO’s Kīlauea update landing page.

NOAA / NWS

• Storm Prediction Center — Day 1 Convective Outlook (Apr 14, 2026, 1300 UTC) — Severe weather outloo