Good morning.

I'm Cedric and This is your EM Morning Brief for Thursday, March 12, 2026.

Cyber CISA adds new entries to the known Exploited Vulnerabilities dated 202611 triggering patch mitigation timelines for covered federal agencies and serving as a strong patch now signal for everyone else operating the affected products Terrorism Advisory Posture.

DHS National Terrorism Advisory System shows no current advisories.

Geologic USGS Volcano USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory posts a March 11 daily update for Kilauea listing the volcano at alert level.

Watch and aviation Color Code Orange with continued monitoring and hazard messaging tied to ongoing activity.

Power Texas Severe storms in the Houston area drive widespread short duration outages.

Public reporting cites centerpoint's restoration operations and customer impact totals as crews work down remaining outages.

Let's run through the states.

Hawaii USGS HVO issues a March 11 daily update for Kilauea maintaining watch orange and continuing operational monitoring and hazard communications for downwind impacts and aviation awareness.

Nevada A water main break and response activity in Storey county drives boil water messaging for affected customers tied to the Tri GID system with public guidance to follow boil usage instructions until lifted.

Transportation impacts include partial reopening traffic control on USA Parkway during repairs.

Severe thunderstorms in the Houston area caused notable outages and restoration operations.

Public reporting cites CenterPoint's restoration progress and customer counts as crews restore most customers and continue work on remaining pockets.

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

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That's your EM morning brief for Thursday, March 12, 2026.

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