fema daily headsUp for Tuesday Aug 18 2026

[agent yo'range]

National Current Operations / Monitoring – August 17-18, 2026

New Significant Incidents / Ongoing Operations:
• Severe Weather / Flooding – IN

Hazard Monitoring:
• Severe Thunderstorms – Central Plains to Lower Mississippi Valley
• Heavy Rain / Flash Flooding – Central Plains to Great Lakes
• Tropical Activity
○ Central and Eastern Pacific:
• Hurricane Lala
• Disturbance 1: High (80%)
• Disturbance 2: Medium (60%)
○ Western Pacific:
• Invest 92W: High

Disaster Declaration Activity:
• FMAG Approval: Mukluk Fire – AK
• Two amendments issued

Event Monitoring:
• No new significant events

(final entry for Kaiser Canyon Fire in Okanogan County WA - 138,000
acres - 23 homes destroyed - 24 other buildings destroyed - 0 deaths -
no other homes or blds damaged)

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