Overview National Situation Report As of 3:00 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, August 30, 2017 Table of Contents Current Operations Monitoring Recovery FEMA Headquarters Status FEMA Region I - X Status NRCC Level I (24/7) RRCCs R-VI Level I (24/7), R-VIII Level III (day shift) NWC Steady State Watches Steady State Common Operating Picture Total Force Available Deployed Other Cadres with less than 25% availability 10,877 3,615 33% 5,385 1,877 EHP 23%; LOG 7%; DI 15%; FM 24%; IT 13%; SAF 22% *N-IMATs Regional IMATs FCOs / FDRCs US&R MERS East 1: Deployed Assigned: 13 Assigned: 36 / 11 Assigned: 28 Assigned: 36 East 2: B-2 Available: 0 Available: 5 / 5 Available: 0 Available: 14 West: Deployed PMC/NMC: 0 PMC/NMC: 2 / 2 PMC/NMC: 0 PMC/NMC: 0 Deployed: 13 Deployed: 29 / 4 Deployed: 28 Deployed: 22 *B-2 Status: Assemble < 2-hrs, On Site < 18-hrs; B-48 Status: Assemble & deploy < 48hrs; Charlie Status: No team assemble time requirement (Back to top)
Current Operations Tropical Storm Harvey Situation: Center located about 45 miles SSW of Cameron, LA, moving NE at 7 mph; maximum sustained winds 45 mph (Advisory 39A as of 2:00 a.m. EDT) Additional heavy rainfall expected mainly over far southeastern TX and southwest LA into Friday. Flash Flood Warnings/Watches continue in effect for much of this region over the next couple of days. Rivers and bayous will likely remain in major to record flood levels well into next week with catastrophic impacts expected to continue. Impacts: Texas: Fatalities/Injuries: No official reports (media reports up to 30 storm related fatalities) Evacuations: mandatory evacuations ordered for an estimated 725K people; additional 1M under voluntary evacuation orders Shelters: Over 142 shelters open with 6,000 occupants (ESF #6 as of 1:31 p.m. EDT, August 28) Power outages: 242.5k customers without power in Houston and counties along the southeast coast (DOE EAGLE-I as of 1:00 a.m. EDT) o Mutual assistance crews from at least 19 states & nearly 10,000 resources are being dedicated to the response effort Nearly 99,500 residential homes may be affected (up from previous estimate of 62K) out of 2,175,126 across 19 counties o Nearly 12,900 residential homes may have major damage (up from previous estimate of 5.5K) due to over 5 feet of inundation Hospitals/Nursing homes remain closed or operating under limited capacity; expect services to gradually resume once flood waters recede Survivors continue to require search and rescue via boat or helicopter throughout flooded areas Communications: Systems are out, including landline, cellular, internet, and mass media platforms Airports: George Bush IAP and William P. Hobby airports are closed but accepting limited relief flights Port Arthur refinery, the largest crude oil refinery in the US is in the process of shutting down Drinking and Waste Water systems continue to be evaluated for operational status o Drinking Water Systems: Total 4,421; not operational 18; no status 4,194; no issues 18 If the Northeast Water Purification Plant drops to below 20 percent capacity, the city might be forced to issue a notice to residents to boil their water All water boil notices have been lifted for Corpus Christi, TX and all Corpus Christi wastewater plants are operational Boil water notices and voluntary conservation measures are expected to remain in effect for Victoria, TX for another week o Wastewater Systems: Total 2,466; not operating to capacity 29; no status 2,293; no issues 124 Beaumont, TX: Tank farm waste water system overflowed with rain water; over 100 gallons of waste water outside of containment area; additional impacts unknown at this time 2 (Back to top)
Louisiana: Fatalities/Injuries: No official reports Evacuations: mandatory evacuations ordered for an estimated 6.8K people; additional 133K under voluntary evacuation orders Shelters: 224 sheltered within 3 shelters for the midnight count with the three shelters planned to be consolidated into 1 shelter tomorrow to be located at the Lake Charles Civic Center Power outages: 4,800 customers without power (DOE EAGLE-I as of 1:00 a.m. EDT) FEMA/State and Local Response: FEMA Headquarters: More than 2,000 FEMA employees are deployed in support of Tropical Storm Harvey response NRCC: Level I, 24/7 with all ESFs and LNOs; NWC: Steady State National IMAT West deployed to Austin, TX National IMAT East-1 deployed to Houston, TX Regional IMATs: R-II, R-V, R-VII, and R-VIII deployed to TX Mobile Emergency Response Support (MERS) fielded 22 teams and numerous communications capabilities throughout the impacted area is support of US&R, IMAT, ISB, and survivor assistance Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) deployed 28 Task Forces, one Incident Support Team (IST), and seven Hazardous Equipment Push Packages; 1,100 personnel working to save lives; As of 18:00 EDT System resources operating in theater have saved or assisted 2,813 people Three staging areas have been established to support rapid distribution in response to state requests: Seguin, TX; DC Ft. Worth, TX; Camp Beauregard, LA o More than 3.4M meals and over 3.2M liters of water, as well as 90 generators, blankets, cots, 32k tarps, plastic sheeting, and commonly used shelter items are staged National Flood Insurance Program has General Adjusters situated in Texas & LA Financial housing assistance, congregate sheltering, and Transitional Sheltering Assistance in execution Life Sustainment: Power, mass care, assessments, and other operations in the impacted area will begin following lifesaving priorities and as flood conditions improve FEMA Region VI: RRCC Status: at Level I (24/7); Watch: Steady State/Denton MOC (24/7) IMAT-1: Deployed to LA EOC IMAT-2: Deployed to TX EOC LNOs deployed to TX and LA Texas: EOC at Full Activation TX National Guard (12,000 members) activated Curfew in effect for the city of Houston until 6:00 a.m. EDT Louisiana: State EOC at Full Activation NOLA EOC at Full Activation LA National Guard (200) members activated with additional 230 full-time Guardsmen supporting Emergency services: State Police providing security for spontaneous volunteer boat teams operating within Calcasieu Parish. Conducting refueling operations at Lake Charles Civic Center EMAC: o State is preparing and planning in anticipation of an EMAC request from the state of Texas to house up to 3400 evacuees from the State of Texas o Currently 3 open EMAC requests with 1 A-team and 2 USAR Teams EMAC d to the State of Texas 3 (Back to top)
Joint Preliminary Damage Assessments: FEMA Region V VI State / Location IL NM Event Severe Storms & Flooding July 11-27, 2017 Severe Thunderstorms August 3, 2017 IA/PA Number of Counties Requested Completed Start-End IA 0 0 N/A PA 4 0 Aug 28 TBD IA 0 0 N/A PA 1 0 Sep 9 TBD Declaration Activity: None Monitoring / Potential Future Operations Tropical Activity: Atlantic: Tropical Storm Harvey: see above Disturbance 1 (as of 12:30 a.m. EDT) Located just west of the Cabo Verde Islands Moving WNW at 15-20 mph Formation chance through 48 hours: High (90%) Formation chance through next 5 days: High (90%) 4 (Back to top)
Eastern Pacific: Potential Tropical Cyclone Fourteen-E (Advisory 2A as of 2:00 a.m. EDT) Located 265 miles WSW of Manzanillo, Mexico Moving NW at 10 mph Sustained winds 30 mph Central Pacific: No tropical cyclones are expected in the next five days Western Pacific: No activity threatening U.S. territories Significant Weather: See Tropical Cyclone Harvey above Space Weather: Nothing Significant to Report Wildfires: Milli Fire (FEMA-5196-FM-OR) Deschutes County, OR Acres Burned: 21,100 (+3,033); Containment: 44% (+12%); Fatalities: 0; Injuries: 1 Evacuations: Lifted Structures Threatened: 2,055 (2,055 Homes); Damaged: 0 (0 Homes); Destroyed: 0 (0 Homes) Lolo Peak Fire (FEMA-5197-FM-MT) Ravalli and Missoula counties, MT Acres Burned: 38,878 (+1,034); Containment: 31%; Fatalities: 1; Injuries: 3 Evacuations: Mandatory orders lifted; warnings in effect for some areas Structures Threatened: 0 (0 Homes); Damaged: 2 (2 Homes); Destroyed: 10 (2 Homes) Chetco Bar Fire (FEMA-5198-FM-OR) Curry County, OR Acres Burned: 125,271 (+7,602); Containment: 5%; Fatalities: 0; Injuries: 3 Evacuations: Mandatory and Voluntary for 4,512 residences Structures Threatened: 10,590 (8,518 Homes); Damaged: 9 (1 Home); Destroyed: 26 (6 Homes) Ponderosa Fire Butte County, CA (NO FMAG REQUESTED) Acres Burned: 600; Containment: 0%; Fatalities: 0; Injuries: 3 Evacuations: Mandatory and Voluntary for over 500 residences Structures Threatened: 600 (200 Homes); Damaged: 15 (5 Home); Destroyed: 30 (10 Homes) Earthquakes: No significant activity Recovery Operations (Updated Weekly on Tuesdays) 5 (Back to top)
Acronyms / Abbreviations & Terms ARC DC DDC DHAT DLA DoD DR EM EOC ESF FCO FDRC FMAG FMC HEPP IA IMAT IOF IST JFO LNO MA MERS NHC N-IMAT NMC NOAA NWC NWS PA PDA PMC TF VJFO American Red Cross Distribution Center Deployable Distribution Capability Disaster Housing Assistance Team Defense Logistics Agency Department of Defense Major Disaster Declaration Emergency Declaration Emergency Operations Center Emergency Support Functions Federal Coordinating Officer Federal Disaster Recovery Coordinator Fire Management Assistance Grant Fully Mission Capable Hazardous Equipment Push Packages Individual Assistance Program Incident Management Assistance Team Initial Operating Facility Incident Support Team Joint Field Office Liaison Officer Mission Assignment Mobile Emergency Response Support Teams National Hurricane Center National Incident Management Assistance Team Non-Mission Capable National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration National Watch Center National Weather Service Public Assistance Program Preliminary Damage Assessments Partially Mission Capable Task Force Virtual Joint Field Office 6 (Back to top)