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Major River Flooding, Winter Storm Watches and More Emergency Management News · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
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  Cedric: Central Florida leads this morning.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service holds the St.
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  Cedric: Johns River near Cocoa in major flood stage, with water levels at upstream gauges still rising and the river forecast to stay in major flood through the week.
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  Cedric: Moderate flooding continues on the St.
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  Cedric: Johns near Astor in Lake and Volusia counties, with a large volume of water still working north through the basin into the weekend.
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  Cedric: Florida's state of emergency now covers fourteen counties under Executive Order 26-228, and the state has submitted a request for a federal major disaster declaration.
• 0:43
  Cedric: Martin County reports 66 homes damaged, including 25 destroyed.
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  Cedric: A Pacific storm system is driving the second story, on both ends of the coast.
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  Cedric: In Washington, the Skokomish River at Potlatch reached 17.6 feet overnight, moderate flooding that approaches the flood of record and has closed Skokomish Valley roads and Highway 106.
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  Cedric: Forecasters expect the river to drop below flood stage by midday.
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  Cedric: On the Washington coast, Ocean Shores is operating under a mayoral emergency proclamation after losing more than 800 feet of its dynamic revetment berm, with a wind advisory running through this evening.
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  Cedric: In California, winter storm watches cover the Sierra Nevada and the greater Lake Tahoe area beginning Friday, with roughly 12 inches of heavy wet snow above 7,000 feet and ridge gusts of 60 to 80 miles an hour.
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  Cedric: A high surf warning brings breaking waves of 25 to 30 feet to the San Francisco and Big Sur coasts.
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  Cedric: On the cyber side, CISA added six vulnerabilities to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 10.
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  Cedric: Two Barracuda Networks flaws carry a federal remediation deadline of November 13, a three day window that signals active exploitation.
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  Cedric: The other four cover Microsoft Outlook, Cisco BroadWorks, Google Chromium and an Openwave messaging product, all due November 24.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Alaska.
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  Cedric: A winter weather advisory covers the Municipality of Skagway through this afternoon, with up to 5 inches of snow near White Pass on the Klondike Highway and winds gusting to 35 miles an hour.
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  Cedric: Winter weather advisories also run along the Arctic and Beaufort Sea coasts.
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  Cedric: Arizona.
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  Cedric: Flooding from an upstream dam release continues along the Salt River in Maricopa County.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service reports flooding below Granite Reef Dam and at low water crossings upstream of Tempe Town Lake, including McKellips Road.
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  Cedric: The flood warning runs until 11 a.m.
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  Cedric: local time this morning.
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  Cedric: Emergency managers should expect crossing closures and stranded motorist calls through the morning drive.
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  Cedric: We have more to cover this morning, but first, a quick word from our sponsors.
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  Cedric: Now, back to this morning’s updates.
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  Cedric: California.
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  Cedric: Three systems converge on the state.
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  Cedric: Winter storm watches issued overnight cover the greater Lake Tahoe area, Mono County, the Eastern Sierra slopes of Inyo County, Lassen Volcanic National Park and the Sierra Nevada above 6,000 feet in Yosemite's high country.
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  Cedric: Forecasters expect snow accumulations near 12 inches above 7,000 feet, up to 6 inches below that, ridge gusts of 60 to 80 miles an hour and gusts of 35 to 45 for Truckee and Tahoe communities, with the worst of
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  Cedric: it hitting the Friday evening commute.
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  Cedric: On the coast, a high surf warning takes effect Friday evening for San Francisco, Southern Monterey Bay and the Big Sur coast, with dangerously large breaking waves of 25 to 30 feet.
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  Cedric: A coastal flood advisory runs through Friday afternoon for up to a foot and a half of inundation in low lying shoreline areas, and a beach hazards statement warns of sneaker waves starting tonight.
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  Cedric: In Los Angeles County, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has an air quality alert up for harmful levels of fine particle pollution affecting Maywood, Bell Gardens, Westmont, Hawthorne and Manhattan Beach.
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  Cedric: Florida.
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  Cedric: The St.
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  Cedric: Johns River basin is the operational center of gravity.
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  Cedric: At the gauge west of Cocoa in Brevard County, the river sits in major flood stage and is forecast to stay there through the week, with upstream gauges still climbing.
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  Cedric: Near Astor, affecting Lake and Volusia counties, the river sits just below moderate flood stage and is expected to hold there into the weekend.
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  Cedric: Flood warnings also cover the Peace River at Arcadia in DeSoto County, where minor flooding affects several dozen homes in Peace River Estates, and two reaches in Seminole County.
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  Cedric: Executive Order 26-228 amended the state's fall flooding emergency to cover Brevard, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Indian River, Lake, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach, Seminole, St.
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  Cedric: Lucie and Volusia counties.
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  Cedric: The order cites record rainfall of more than 19 inches in a twelve hour period in parts of Palm Beach County.
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  Cedric: The state's request for a federal major disaster declaration is pending at FEMA, and assistance is not available until that request is approved.
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  Cedric: Hawaii.
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  Cedric: The U.S.
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  Cedric: Geological Survey lowered Kilauea to Yellow and Advisory and issued an update yesterday.
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  Cedric: The Halemaumau eruption is paused after episode 56 fountaining ended November 5.
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  Cedric: The summit is reinflating, and the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory assesses the next episode of lava fountaining as likely more than a week away.
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  Cedric: Nevada.
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  Cedric: A high wind watch covers Northern Washoe County and Surprise Valley from Thursday, with south winds of 30 to 40 miles an hour and gusts to 65.
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  Cedric: A wind advisory covers the Western Nevada Basin and Range, Mineral and southern Lyon counties, with gusts to 55 and wind prone stretches of U.S.
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  Cedric: 395 and Interstate 580 seeing gusts to 65.
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  Cedric: The greater Lake Tahoe area on the Nevada side falls under the same winter storm watch as California.
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  Cedric: Texas.
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  Cedric: Moderate flooding continues on the Llano River at Llano until this afternoon, making secondary roads and low bridges dangerous, including the low water crossing at Ranch Road 3404 near Kingsland.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service in Austin and San Antonio issued a new flood warning last night for the Devils River at Cauthorn Ranch near Juno, and a separate warning continues at Bakers Crossing, both affecting Val Verde County.
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  Cedric: Washington.
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  Cedric: The Skokomish River at Potlatch crested at 17.7 feet in the 24 hours ending at 2:30 this morning and stood at 17.6 feet, moderate flooding that the National Weather Service says approaches the flood of record.
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  Cedric: Deep, fast water is inundating residential areas, farmland and roads in the Skokomish Valley, including Skokomish Valley Road, Bourgault Road West, Purdy Cutoff Road and Highway 106.
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  Cedric: Heavy rain over the Olympics has ended and the river is forecast to fall below flood stage by midday.
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  Cedric: On the coast, Ocean Shores is operating under Emergency Proclamation 2026-02 after weekend storm damage.
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  Cedric: The city lost more than 800 feet of its dynamic revetment berm, and power fluctuations at municipal facilities put finance, utility billing, public safety communications and records systems at risk when server room cooling failed.
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  Cedric: Grays Harbor Emergency Management has a wind advisory through 7 p.m.
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  Cedric: today for southeast winds of 20 to 30 miles an hour with gusts to 50, against 11 foot tides.
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  Cedric: A coastal flood advisory and a high surf advisory also cover the northern Washington coast and the San Juans.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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