Daily Briefing

Southwest and California flooding dominates the day as El Niño storms and record tides keep crews on the water

By The FirstResponders Desk

Good morning. Flooding is the shift driver. NPR reports that flood damage estimates run to hundreds of millions of dollars for New Mexico alone, and that the storms have left thousands of people displaced across the Four Corners states. For your shift that means swiftwater and evacuation support stays live, and mutual-aid requests from neighboring counties are likely. NWS Albuquerque has Flood Warnings out for Rio Arriba and Socorro counties in New Mexico; NWS Pueblo has Flood Warnings for Bent County, Colorado; NWS Melbourne has Flood Warnings for Lake and Volusia counties in Florida. NWS Anchorage carries a Storm Warning for the Kiska-to-Attu Pacific side. Treat every warning as current until the issuing office clears it.

On the coast, the New York Post reports California was hit with high tides flooding streets, with tides possibly near record levels through Wednesday. The Guardian reports coastal California communities were preparing for days of flooding amid what it calls record-breaking tides, with water levels rising from Monday. Expect road closures on low-lying coastal routes.

Dispatch had a bad day in two places. STATter911 reports DC911 gave the wrong address three times in 30 minutes for a car-into-a-building call outside the White House, costing 15 minutes before fire and EMS reached the right location. Cleveland.com reports the Cuyahoga County 911 dispute remains unsettled, with dispatch, equipment and network responsibilities split across municipalities, Chagrin Valley Dispatch, a county committee and the state.

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