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Flood warnings active across five states; flash-flood risk lingers in the Southwest after Rachel's remnants hit Nevada

By The FirstResponders Desk

Good morning. Weather leads the day. ABC News reports the National Weather Service has issued more flood watches and is warning of further showers and isolated thunderstorms across the Southwest after the remnants of Tropical Storm Rachel caused severe flooding in Nevada over the weekend. If you are working the Southwest, treat the flash-flood risk as ongoing.

Active NWS flood warnings, by the office that issued them: NWS Lake Charles LA has Flood Warnings for Calcasieu, LA, and for Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson and Orange, TX; NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC for Henderson and Transylvania, NC; NWS Jacksonville FL for Brantley, GA; and NWS Melbourne FL for Lake and Volusia, FL. On the coast, The Washington Post reports California beaches and homes were slammed by waves from Tropical Storm Rachel, with some houses marked unsafe after the ground washed away beneath them — a structural hazard for anyone operating near affected shoreline.

Rescue and EMS: NJ.com reports paramedics pulled a woman from her burning car after her Honda Accord struck a toll plaza abutment on the Delaware Memorial Bridge, flipped and caught fire; she was hospitalized.

Law enforcement, officer safety first: the Tampa Bay Times reports a Tampa police officer in a vehicle accidentally hit two other officers and a suspect. The New York Post reports two Amazon employees were shot outside a Brooklyn facility over the weekend, according to police and law-enforcement sources. Fox News reports a man is accused of slashing a coworker's throat during a ride home in Saratoga Springs, with the victim escaping the moving car, according to police. SFGATE reports a search for a missing woman who disappeared under "suspicious circumstances," police said, led officers to a Joshua Tree Airbnb. NPR reports actor Selma Blair was removed from a plane by police after an altercation in which authorities say she was physically abusive and injured two flight attendants; a representative said she had a medical emergency aboard.

Dispatch: CBS News reports that newly released 911 calls from a botched execution show it took about half an hour after the first call for prison officials to affirm the emergency was legitimate. NBC News reports the same calls have been released.

Firefighter health, to watch: Wildfire Today reports a University of Hawaiʻi study, published September 28, found Maui residents carrying extremely high levels of toxic metals months after the 2023 Lahaina fires — a reminder on long-tail smoke exposure.

Unconfirmed, and flagged as such: reports of 58 satellite fire detections over Indiana, 27 over Tennessee, 30 over Alabama, 34 over Mississippi, 36 over Louisiana, 33 over Texas and 30 over Illinois are not confirmed by any agency. A report that the victims of a Pennsylvania mass shooting included the gunman's pregnant daughter is likewise not confirmed by any agency. Treat all of these as unverified until an agency confirms.