Monday, September 21, 2020 8:30 a.m. ET National Current Operations and Monitoring

Significant Incidents or Threats: • Tropical Storm Beta • Wildfires in the Western U.S. • Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding – Gulf Coast • COVID-19 Tropical Activity: • Atlantic: o Tropical Storm Beta o Hurricane Teddy o Disturbance 1: Medium (60%) o Disturbance 2: Low (20%) • Eastern Pacific: o Tropical Depression Seventeen-E • Central Pacific: o Disturbance 1: Low (20%) • Western Pacific: No activity affecting U.S. interests

Declaration Activity: • Major Disaster Declaration approved – Alabama Atlantic Overview TROPICAL OUTLOOK Tropical Storm Beta SATELLITE

7 AM CDT • W at 6 mph • 996 mb • 50 mph Tropical Storm Beta FORECAST TRACK

7 AM CDT • W at 6 mph • 996 mb • 50 mph Tropical Storm Beta WIND WATCHES AND WARNINGS

Tropical Storm Warning Tropical Storm Watch

Lake Charles. Houston. San Antonio.

Corpus. Christi Tropical Storm Beta MOST LIKELY ARRIVAL OF TS WINDS

TS Wind Probabilities Corpus Christi, TX 34% Port O’Connor, TX 90% Freeport, TX 99% Galveston, TX 99% Port Arthur, TX 18% Lake Charles, LA 12% Tropical Storm Beta PEAK FORECAST Tropical Storm Beta 5 DAY RAINFALL

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1 in Tropical Storm Beta FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL Hurricane Teddy FORECAST TRACK

8 AM AST • NNE at 9 mph • 960 mb • 100 mph Hurricane Teddy MOST LIKELY ARRIVAL OF TS WINDS

TS Wind Probabilities Eastport, ME 17% Bar Harbor, ME 6% Nanatucket, MA 5% Tropical Depression 17-E FORECAST TRACK

3 AM MDT • WNW at 13 mph • 1005 mb • 30 mph Central Pacific Overview TROPICAL OUTLOOK Tropical Storm Beta – Preparations/Response

Situation: The center of TC Beta continues to move towards the central coast of TX; expected to move inland tonight where weakening will begin.

State/Local Preparations and Response: (as of 9:00 a.m. ET) • TX EOC at Partial Activation (COVID-19 & TC Beta) • Voluntary evacuations ongoing for coastal counties of TX

FEMA/Federal Preparations and Response: • NRCC at Level III (COVID-19) • FEMA RVI RRCC at Level II; RWC Enhanced Watch (nights) o IMAT-1 deployed to Austin, TX • US&R: o Mission Ready Package – Command – IST (10 personnel) o NIMS Type 3 US&R task force (TN-TF1 – 45 personnel) Wildfires – Western US

Situation: Wildfires continue to burn uncontained from the West Coast across to the Rocky Mountains. Mandatory evacuations remain in effect throughout the impacted regions. The U.S. Air Quality Index ranges from "Moderate to Hazardous" from Central California to northern Washington state, but have improved in some areas. No unmet needs at this time.

FEMA Region IX: 6 FMAGs (CA) Federal Response • Acreage burned (FMAGs only): 982,307 (+110,472) • Declarations approved – 2 DRs, 1 EM • Homes / structures threatened: • Declarations requested – 1 DR 49,674 (-1,355) / 1,271 (-50) • Region IX RWC monitoring • Homes / structures damaged: 113 (+70) / 85 (+55) o IMAT deployed to CA EOC (Wildfires) • Homes / structures destroyed: • Region X RRCC at Level II (Wildfires & COVID-19); 1,967 (+1,144) / 1,147 (+872) o IMAT deployed to OR EOC • Fatalities / Injuries: 18 (+1) / 64 (+6) o ESF-13 activated; 1 IMT (Eugene) and 2 QRTs • Evacuations: 25,857 (-2,236) deployed to OR (Medford & Eugene) FEMA Region X: 6 (-6) FMAGs (OR) • Public Health Emergency declared in OR • Acreage burned (FMAGs only): 866,557 (-464,597) • EPA conducting Rapid Needs Assessments for 2 • Homes / structures threatened: counties in CA 43,517 (-8,794) / 1,675 (-68) • MERS: Salem, OR; Springfield, OR; Central Point, • Home / structures damaged: 141 (-203) / 154 (-9) OR; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA; Mather, CA • Homes / structures destroyed: 1,366 (-314) / 1,415 (+8) • US&R: • Fatalities / Injuries: 6 (+1) / 18 (+2) o All resources demobilized as of Sep 20 • Evacuations: 9,173 (-77,680) State Response • CA EOC at Full Activation (COVID-19 & Wildfires) • OR EOC at Full Activation (COVID-19 & Wildfires) Wildfire Summary – CA

Fire Name Acres Percent Structures (Homes / Other) Fatalities / FMAG # Evacuations (County, ST) Burned Contained Threatened Damaged Destroyed Injuries California (6) Creek 278,368 M: 9,017 H: 8,063 H: 44 H: 565 (+6) 5348-FM-CA 27% (+2) 0 / 21 (Fresno and Madera, CA) (+6,430) V: 0 O: 0 O: 27 O: 288 (+5)

El Dorado 22,576 M: 3,467 H: 17,289 (-8,748) H: (Evacuations:2 H: M =4 Mandatory / V = Voluntary 5348-FM-CA Structures:59% H = Homes and Mixed Commercial/Residential / O = Non-residential Commercial/Other1 (+1) Minor/ 13 (San Bernardino, CA) (+137) V: 0 O: 1,106 O: 4 O: 6 Structures)

Slater 148,583 M: 2,100 H: 5,058 H: 10 H: 202 5361-FM-CA 18% 2 / 3 (+3) (Siskiyou, CA) (+1,885) V: 0 O: 0 O: 1 O: 236 North Complex H: 10,000 H: 1,046 5363-FM-CA 293,843 M: 3,800 (-4,800) H: 46 (+46) (Includes Bear Fire ) 64% (+2) (+9,997) (+1,046) 15 / 9 (Bear Fire) (+3,862) (Butte, Plumas, and Yuba, CA) V: 0 O: 6 O: 51 (+51) O: 589 (+589) SQF Complex 135,802 M: 3,491 (+8) H: 3,188 H: 8 (+8) H: 150 5373-FM-CA 18% (+4) 0 / 14 (Tulare, CA) (+2,314) V: 0 O: 0 O: 2 (+2) O: 26 (+26) Bobcat 103,135 M: 4,000 H: 6,076 H: 3 (+3) H: 0 5374-FM-CA 15% 0 / 4 (Los Angeles, CA) (+9,293) V: 0 O: 159 O: 0 O: 2 (+2)

(Evacuations: M = Mandatory / V = Voluntary; Structures: H = Homes and Mixed Commercial/Residential / O = Non-residential Commercial/Other Minor Structures) Wildfire Summary – OR

Fire Name Acres Percent Structures (Homes / Other) Fatalities / FMAG # Evacuations (County, ST) Burned Contained Threatened Damaged Destroyed Injuries Oregon (6) *Beachie Creek/Lionshead M: 2,942 H: 9,437 H: 106 H: 734 Complex 5356-FM-OR 391,383 38% (+13) / 4 / 9 (+1) (Marion, Clackamas, Linn, and (+361) 13% (+3) Jefferson, OR) V: 0 O: 109 O: 98 O: 834 Holiday Farm M: 0 H: 3,667 H: 25 H: 431 (Lane, OR) 5357-FM-OR 173,025 14% 1 / 3 V: 0 O: 916 O: 40 O: 337

Archie Creek 131,598 M: 1,077 H: 471 H: 0 H: 111 5365-FM-OR 41% (+31) 1 / 0 (Douglas, OR) (+1,110) V: 0 O: 0 O: 7 O: 2

South Obenchain 32,671 M: 320 (-405) H: 5,237 H: 0 H: 33 (+1) 5367-FM-OR 65%(+20) 0 / 3 (Jackson, OR) (-162) V: 0 O: 650 O: 0 O: 56

Riverside M: 70,692 H: 24,705 H: 10 H: 57 5366-FM-OR 137,880 25% (+5) 0 / 3 (+1) (Clackamas, OR) V: 0 O: 0 O: 9 O: 186 *Slater (Josephine, OR) 5369-FM-OR Unknown 0% *Note: Burning along the border of OR & CA – See under CA for fire details

* All numbers combined for this complex fire except for the containment (Evacuations: M = Mandatory / V = Voluntary; Structures: H = Homes and Mixed Commercial/Residential / O = Non-residential Commercial/Other Minor percentage Structures) Wildfire Summary – CO

Fire Name Acres Percent Structures (Homes / Other) Fatalities / FMAG # Evacuations (County, ST) Burned Contained Threatened Damaged Destroyed Injuries Colorado (1) Cameron Peak 104,157 M: 2,630 H: 3,581 H: 0 H: 27 5349-FM-CO 15% 0 / 14 (+2) (Larimer, CO) (+1,561) V: 0 O: 0 O: 0 O: 29

(Evacuations: M = Mandatory / V = Voluntary; Structures: H = Homes and Mixed Commercial/Residential / O = Non-residential Commercial/Other Minor Structures) Flood Hazard Outlook Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments

State / IA Number of Counties Region Event Start – End Location PA Requested Complete Tropical Storm Isaias IA 8 8 8/27 – 9/16 I CT Aug 4 PA 8 0 8/27 – TBD Tropical Storm Isaias IA 0 0 N/A NY Aug 4 PA 8 3 8/25 – TBD II Tropical Storm Isaias IA 0 0 N/A NJ Aug 4 PA 15 0 9/14 – TBD Tornado IA 0 0 N/A DE Aug 7 PA 1 0 8/29 – TBD III Tropical Storm Isaias IA 0 0 N/A MD Aug 4-5 PA 3 0 8/21 – TBD Tropical Storm Isaias IA 9 1 8/26 – TBD PA Aug 4-5 PA 11 0 8/26 – TBD IA 0 0 N/A IV NC Aug 3 PA 16 16 8/18 – 9/14 IA 6 6 7/29 – 8/20 Jul 25 and continuing PA 6 0 7/29 – TBD VI TX IA 1 0 9/15 – TBD Aug 23 and continuing PA 10 0 9/2 – TBD Babb Fire IA 1 0 9/11 – TBD X WA Sep 7 and continuing PA 1 0 9/11 – TBD Declaration Approved

Declaration: Major Disaster Declaration FEMA-4563-DR-Alabama Requested: Sep 17 Approved: Sep 20 Incident: Incident Period: Sep 14 and continuing Provides: • IA: 3 counties • PA: Emergency protective measures (Category B), including direct Federal assistance for 3 counties and the Poarch Band of Creek Indians Poarch Band of • Hazard Mitigation: Statewide Creek Indians

FCO: Allan Jarvis

IA & PA Declaration Requests in Process – 7

State / Tribe / Territory – Incident Description Type IA PA HM Requested

Poarch Band of Creek Indians – COVID-19 Pandemic DR X X 5/15 DE – Tropical Storm Isaias DR X X X 8/31 ND – Severe Storms and Flooding DR X X 8/31 NY – Tropical Storm Isaias DR X X 9/3 MD – Tropical Storm Isaias DR X X 9/3 WA – Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds DR X X X 9/16 AL – Hurricane Sally (Expedited) – APPROVED DR X X X 9/18 FL – Hurricane Sally (Expedited) DR X X X 9/18 FEMA Common Operating Picture

FEMA HQ N-IMATs 1 Team NWC NRCC Red LA Monitoring Level III Blue Demob FEMA REGIONS Gold WATCH RRCC Alt Location I Level III R-IMATs Monitoring II Level III ≤ 3 Teams Monitoring III Level III I LA Monitoring IV Level III Monitoring V Level III II Monitoring VI Level II III Alt. Location VII Rostered IV-1 FL Monitoring VIII Rostered Monitoring IX Rostered IV-2 AL Monitoring X Level III V LA Notes: VI-1 TX All state EOCs activated NRCC:/RRCCs: COVID-19 for COVID-19 VI-2 LA

Region VI RRCC Level II CA, OR, WA:Widfires VII IA (TC Beta) IA: Derecho VIII OR FL, AL: TC Sally Region X: Wildfires LA, & TX: TC Laura IX-1 CA IX-2 X OR FMC PMC NMC Deployed Team: US&R MERS FCOs FDRCs IM IM CADRE AVAILABILITY SUMMARY Status 33-65% 33-65% ≤1 Type I = 2 WORKFORCE Cadres with 25% or Less Availability Assigned: 28 36 45 10 13,952 Unavailable 9 0 0 0 3,172 CVR 23% (19/81); DI 24% (16/67); EA 21% (96/467); EHP 21% (97/657); FL 14% (22/156); FM 23% (57/246); HM 19% (237/1,239); LOG 18% (242/1,334); OPS 10% (33/323); Deployed: 7 10 (-3) 39 8 6,932 PA 20% (626/3,129); PLAN 23% (106/457); SAF 13% (7/55) Available: 12 26 (+3) 6 2 3,827/ 27% FEMA’s mission is helping people before, during, and after disasters.

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