Hawaii recovery deepens after Hurricane Lala with one death and tens of thousands still dark; Indiana readies major disaster request after seven deaths

Hawaii Island enters a second week of recovery from Hurricane Lala with one confirmed death, roughly 88,000 customers still without power statewide, and Pahala cut off by a destroyed section of Highway 11 with no water or sewer service. Indiana counts at least seven dead and more than a thousand displaced as the state finalizes a major disaster declaration request and activates relief grants and replacement food benefits. The national wildfire preparedness level holds at 5 with 80 uncontained large fires and evacuations running in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Montana and New Mexico. Also in this episode: a new CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities entry, a St. Louis boil water advisory tied to storm-driven pressure loss, municipal cyber incidents in Maine and Arkansas, Extreme Heat Warnings in the desert Southwest and the coastal Carolinas, and a two-week countdown on Wisconsin’s FEMA application deadline. 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• Hawaii lifeline restoration is the national priority. One confirmed death, roughly 88,670 customers without power Monday evening, and Pahala without power, water or sewer. Highway 11 is severed south toward Naalehu, and about 100 mainland mutual aid crew members arrive midweek.• Indiana federal aid is pending, not approved. A presidential emergency declaration covers 53 counties for emergency protective measures at 75 percent federal cost share, but individual assistance requires the major disaster declaration the state has not yet filed. State grants of up to $5,000 and replacement SNAP benefits are available now through 211 and the FSSA portal.• Wildfire remains at National Preparedness Level 5. Eighty uncontained large fires, 28,710 personnel assigned, and year-to-date acreage at roughly 169 percent of the ten-year average. Sand Creek in Montana is at 1 percent containment on 31,652 acres.• Active evacuation drivers to watch: Little Giant in Washington, Hagen and Paradise in Oregon, Black Canyon in Utah, Sand Creek, Bobcat Lakes and Moose in Montana, and Frijoles in New Mexico.• Two water systems are degraded. St. Louis is under a precautionary boil water advisory across 27 neighborhoods after storm-driven pressure loss at the Chain of Rocks plant, and West Columbia, South Carolina is under a boil advisory after a main break.• Municipal cyber pressure continues. Lincoln, Maine reopened Tuesday with limited services after file encryption, and Fort Smith, Arkansas is still restoring city systems. Both jurisdictions report 911 and emergency response unaffected.• One new CISA KEV entry. A code injection flaw in the Ray distributed computing framework was added Monday with remediation due this week. No NTAS bulletin is currently in effect.Deadline watch. Wisconsin FEMA individual assistance and SBA physical disaster loan applications close Monday, August 31 for 19 counties plus the Oneida Nation. Mississippi opens five Disaster Service Centers at noon today.SponsorsPlease follow us on your favorite podcast player: https://pod.link/1837456562B. Colburn CoachingBook a discovery call today - https://calendly.com/briancolburn/virtual-coffeeWild Tone LabsVisit online - https://wildtonelabs.com/The NIMS Store - https://thenimsstore.comNATURAL DISASTERS EXPO HOUSTON - https://disasterexpotexas.com/registrationDescript, Edit video by editing text - https://link.bcolburn.com/DB-DescriptESET, Cyber Security Progress. Protected. - https://refer.eset.com/hip7rSourcesNational wildfire• NIFC National Fire News: daily national wildfire situation, preparedness level, and large fire table• NIFC Incident Management Situation Report: Aug 17, 2026 national situation reportCISA and cyber• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities addition: Aug 17, 2026 catalog update• CISA Cybersecurity Alerts and Advisories: current advisory listingDHS• DHS National Terrorism Advisory System: no current advisories in effectFDA• FDA recall, Hardie’s Fresh Foods jalapeños: Salmonella risk, posted Aug 17• FDA recall, Oma’s Pride raw pet food: Salmonella, updated Aug 17, eleven statesTropical and severe weather• National Hurricane Center: Atlantic and Eastern Pacific tropical outlooks• Hurricane Lala Public Advisory 24: Central Pacific, Aug 17, 11 p.m. HST• WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook: Day 1 flash flood risk areas• Storm Prediction Center: Day 1 convective outlookAlaska• USGS M4.5+ earthquakes, past day: Karluk, Alaska event• Alaska Volcano Observatory daily update: Great Sitkin, Kupreanof, Shishaldin• NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers: no warnings, advisories or watches in effectArizona• NWS Phoenix Extreme Heat Warning: issued Aug 18, in effect through Aug 21• Maricopa County Heat Relief Network: cooling, respite and hydration sitesArkansas• City of Fort Smith: municipal network security event and service impacts• Fort Smith network security event: reported service disruptionsCalifornia• CAL FIRE Sorrento Fire: San Diego incident page, acreage and evacuations• CAL FIRE active incidents: statewide fire summaryHawaii• Hawaiian Electric restoration update: outage counts by island, Aug 17• Hawaii Emergency Management Agency: Hurricane Lala updates hub• <a...