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River Flooding at Major Stage, Blizzard Warnings 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 Tuesday, November 10, 2026.
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  Cedric: Central Florida leads the national picture.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service in Melbourne continued a flood warning last evening for the St.
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  Cedric: Johns River near Cocoa, where major flooding is occurring at the gauge west of the city.
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  Cedric: Water levels are still rising at upstream gauges, and the river is forecast to hold near major flood stage through this week.
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  Cedric: Downstream at Sanford and DeLand the river sits just below minor flood stage and is forecast to climb into it later in the week.
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  Cedric: Southwest of there, the Peace River at Arcadia is in moderate flooding and is forecast to stay there until late Friday night.
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  Cedric: A Gulf of Alaska storm is driving the second operational story.
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  Cedric: Blizzard warnings cover Thompson Pass in the south and the Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast in the north, with snow, blowing snow and gusts that cut visibility to a quarter mile.
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  Cedric: A high wind warning for Cordova carries gusts to 80 miles an hour in town, with debris, property damage and power outages all called out as expected impacts.
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  Cedric: On the cyber side, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency added four vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog yesterday, covering GPUStack, OpenSSH, SignalWire FreeSwitch and IBM Aspera Faspex.
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  Cedric: Federal civilian agencies have until Thursday, November 12 to remediate.
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  Cedric: That is a three day window, which is short, and the OpenSSH entry in particular reaches far beyond federal networks into the remote access paths that emergency operations centers and utilities depend on.
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  Cedric: Let's run through the states.
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  Cedric: Alaska.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service in Anchorage issued a blizzard warning for Thompson Pass early this morning, running until noon Alaska time, with 8 to 16 inches of total snow, gusts to 50 miles an hour and visibility down to a
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  Cedric: quarter mile in blowing snow.
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  Cedric: Travel over the pass could be very difficult through the morning.
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  Cedric: Anchorage also issued a high wind warning for Cordova until 9 a.m.
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  Cedric: Alaska time, with southeast winds of 20 to 35 miles an hour and gusts to 80 in town, strongest between 2 and 6 a.m.
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  Cedric: Forecasters warn of loose debris, property damage and power outages.
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  Cedric: In the north, the National Weather Service in Fairbanks issued a blizzard warning last evening for the Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, in effect until 6 a.m.
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  Cedric: Wednesday, with up to four inches of snow and gusts to 55 miles an hour.
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  Cedric: A separate high wind warning covers Windy Pass in the northern Denali Borough from 6 a.m.
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  Cedric: to 6 p.m.
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  Cedric: today, with gusts to 70 miles an hour and a warning that high profile vehicles will have trouble.
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  Cedric: Arizona.
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  Cedric: A flood warning for Maricopa County remains in effect until 11 a.m.
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  Cedric: Wednesday because of a dam release.
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  Cedric: Dam operators reported more than 1,000 cubic feet per second continuing to come out of Granite Reef Dam, and the National Weather Service in Phoenix reports flooding along the Salt River below the dam.
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  Cedric: Low water crossings across the Salt River upstream of Tempe Town Lake are flooded, including McKellips Road.
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  Cedric: The warning carries the standard turn around, don't drown guidance for drivers and tells campers and hikers to stay away from the streambed.
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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: Florida.
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  Cedric: The St.
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  Cedric: Johns River is the center of the state's response.
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  Cedric: At the Cocoa gauge in Brevard County major flooding is occurring, and the National Weather Service forecasts the river will remain steady near major flood stage through this week as upstream water continues to arrive.
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  Cedric: Near Sanford in Seminole County and near DeLand in Volusia and Lake counties the river is just under minor flood stage and is forecast to cross into it later this week.
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  Cedric: Brevard County is running recovery operations rather than rescue.
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  Cedric: The county, with Palm Bay and West Melbourne, has recovery resource centers open daily from 8 a.m.
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  Cedric: to 7 p.m.
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  Cedric: for residents seeking help, and the county reports about 2,600 self reported damage claims.
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  Cedric: Cities in the county have begun debris pickups.
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  Cedric: In DeSoto County, the Peace River at Arcadia is in moderate flooding with the same forecast through late Friday night.
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  Cedric: At 14 feet the Peace River Campground floods and homes in the River Acres area are affected.
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  Cedric: North Carolina.
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  Cedric: The City of Statesville issued a boil water advisory yesterday after a significant water main break near the U.S.
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  Cedric: Highway 21 crossing on Shelton Avenue at Third Creek.
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  Cedric: Residents reported the break around 9 a.m.
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  Cedric: Monday.
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  Cedric: Six neighborhoods and street segments in southern Statesville are covered, and the advisory stays in effect until further notice because low and no pressure periods raise the risk of bacteria entering the system.
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  Cedric: City officials told residents to prepare for an extended outage lasting through the day and said they will give notice when the advisory lifts.
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  Cedric: Oregon.
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  Cedric: A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck about 19 kilometers east southeast of Joseph, in Wallowa County, at 11:42 last night Pacific time.
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  Cedric: The U.S.
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  Cedric: Geological Survey puts the depth at about 2.5 kilometers, which is very shallow, and has logged 57 felt reports with light shaking intensity.
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  Cedric: South Carolina.
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  Cedric: The Town of Lamar in Darlington County issued a boil water advisory last night after a major water line break on South Railroad Street cut pressure and interrupted service town wide.
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  Cedric: Public works shut the system down to make the repair, and the town says the line is fixed and service is back across town.
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  Cedric: The advisory stands until sample testing confirms the water is safe, which officials say can take up to 24 hours.
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  Cedric: The town describes the advisory as precautionary.
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  Cedric: Texas.
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  Cedric: Flood warnings are running on the Llano River.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service upgraded the forecast at Llano from minor to moderate flooding yesterday evening, with moderate lowland flooding making secondary roads and low bridges in the flood plain dangerous into Wednesday morning.
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  Cedric: Minor flooding is occurring or forecast upstream at Junction in Kimble County and at Mason.
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  Cedric: A separate warning covers the Devils River at Pafford Crossing near Comstock in Val Verde County.
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  Cedric: Washington.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service has a flood watch up for Mason County from Tuesday evening through Wednesday evening, with two to three and a half inches of rain forecast for the south slopes of the Olympics and runoff expected to
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  Cedric: push rivers, creeks and low lying areas into flooding.
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  Cedric: Wyoming.
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  Cedric: The Foot Creek Fire on the Bighorn National Forest, ten miles west of Buffalo, is the only uncontained large fire in the country with residences at risk.
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  Cedric: The National Interagency Fire Center reports 683 acres and 36 percent containment, with moderate fire behavior and backing in timber and brush.
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  Cedric: Residences are threatened and road closures are in effect.
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  Cedric: Sixty personnel are assigned and containment is estimated for Friday.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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