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Flash Flood Emergencies; St. Johns River headed for major flood stage; Extended measles disaster emergency · EM Morning Brief

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  Cedric: Good morning, I'm Cedric and this is your EM Morning Brief for Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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  Cedric: Flash Flood Emergencies are in effect this morning for the twin towns of McCaysville, Georgia and Copperhill, Tennessee, on opposite banks of the Toccoa and Ocoee at the state line.
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  Cedric: The National Weather Service calls the flooding life threatening and a particularly dangerous situation, and in Copperhill emergency management reports widespread catastrophic flash flooding with numerous businesses and homes under several feet of water.
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  Cedric: Three to six inches of rain fell overnight across Fannin and Gilmer counties in north Georgia.
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  Cedric: Fannin County has activated its Emergency Operations Center, opened a shelter and run about ten water rescues.
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  Cedric: Florida's flood emergency moves to the St.
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  Cedric: Johns River, which is forecast to reach major flood stage in Brevard County late this week and hold there through the weekend.
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  Cedric: Governor Ron DeSantis has expanded the state of emergency to 14 counties.
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  Cedric: River flood warnings also run this morning in Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Louisiana.
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  Cedric: On the cyber and public health side, CISA added an Apple authentication flaw to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Wednesday and set a federal remediation deadline of November 18.
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  Cedric: A separate entry from Tuesday, a WordPress Core race condition flaw, carries a federal remediation deadline of tomorrow (official update published about 48 hours ago).
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  Cedric: New York extended its statewide measles disaster emergency through December 4, keeping an expanded set of vaccination authorities in force.
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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 Fairbanks issued a Winter Weather Advisory at 2:46 a.m.
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  Cedric: Thursday for the Northern Arctic Coast and the Central and Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, running until 3 p.m.
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  Cedric: Friday.
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  Cedric: It forecasts up to two inches of snow, winds gusting 35 to 45 mph, blowing snow reducing visibility below a half mile and the chance of localized blizzard conditions.
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  Cedric: In the southeast panhandle, High Wind Warnings cover Prince of Wales Island, the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Annette Island.
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  Cedric: At Great Sitkin, the Alaska Volcano Observatory reports slow lava eruption continuing inside the summit crater, with the volcano held at Volcano Alert Level WATCH and Aviation Color Code ORANGE.
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  Cedric: Arizona.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service in Flagstaff has a Flood Warning in effect for the Little Colorado River from Winslow to Leupp until 8 p.m.
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  Cedric: Thursday, with flooding of the river underway.
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  Cedric: In Maricopa County, the Weather Service in Phoenix continues flood warnings driven by upstream dam releases, running until 2 p.m.
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  Cedric: Saturday.
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  Cedric: In Flagstaff, the city announced Wednesday that it will hold a Southside community flooding meeting on Sunday, November 8 at the Downtown Connect Center, covering cleanup, debris removal, dredging of the Rio de Flag and next steps for the Rio
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  Cedric: de Flag Flood Control Project.
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  Cedric: California.
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  Cedric: A magnitude 4.96 earthquake struck 111 kilometers west of Petrolia at 8:56 p.m.
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  Cedric: Wednesday at a depth of about two kilometers.
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  Cedric: The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami information statement, its lowest message level, which goes out for awareness rather than action.
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  Cedric: Along the coast, the Weather Service issued Coastal Flood Advisories just after 2 a.m.
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  Cedric: for San Francisco, the San Francisco Bay shoreline, the North Bay interior valleys, the Peninsula coast and the southern Monterey Bay and Big Sur coast, with a separate advisory at 1:31 a.m.
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  Cedric: for the San Diego and Orange County coasts.
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  Cedric: Colorado.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service in Pueblo reports flooding continues along the Conejos River and the San Antonio River in eastern Conejos County, moving downstream toward their confluence with the Rio Grande below Alamosa.
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  Cedric: The warning area takes in parts of Conejos, Alamosa and Costilla counties.
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  Cedric: Florida.
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  Cedric: The St.
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  Cedric: Johns River is the operational problem now.
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  Cedric: Near Cocoa in Brevard County the river stood at 16.8 feet Wednesday evening against a 16 foot flood stage, with moderate flooding occurring and major flooding forecast late this week and through the weekend.
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  Cedric: Near Sanford the river was at 5.1 feet against a 5.5 foot flood stage, and the Weather Service expects it to rise above flood stage Friday evening and keep climbing to 6.4 feet by Monday evening.
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  Cedric: Near Astor the river sits at 3.3 feet against a 2.3 foot flood stage with moderate flooding, and a slow rise to 3.5 feet is expected this weekend.
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  Cedric: Governor Ron DeSantis has expanded the state of emergency to 14 counties, adding Seminole, Volusia and Lake.
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  Cedric: Brevard Public Schools reopen all campuses today after closing Monday, though several campuses served by the City of Melbourne water system stay under a boil water notice through the end of the week.
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  Cedric: Brevard has shelters open at the South Mainland Community Center in Micco and at the Wickham Park Senior Center in Melbourne.
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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: Georgia.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service in Peachtree City declared a Flash Flood Emergency for McCaysville, telling residents to seek higher ground now.
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  Cedric: Between three and five inches of rain fell on the town, and between three and six inches across Fannin, Gilmer, Murray and northwestern Union counties, where the flash flood warning ran into the 7 a.m.
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  Cedric: hour.
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  Cedric: Forecasters say the rain has ended but flooding impacts will continue.
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  Cedric: Fannin County has activated its Emergency Operations Center.
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  Cedric: Robert Poole of Fannin County Emergency Management says about ten people have been saved in water rescues and that one man was swept away in his car, and he reports five storm related fires that crews have put out.
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  Cedric: An emergency shelter is open at the Fannin County Recreation Center on Tom Boyd Road in Blue Ridge.
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  Cedric: The McCaysville Police Department has closed Blue Ridge Drive at the bridge and the Steel Bridge.
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  Cedric: McCaysville Police Chief and Public Safety Director Michael O.
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  Cedric: Earley says many residents and families are being displaced from their homes.
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  Cedric: Hawaii.
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  Cedric: The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports lava flows continuing from the north vent inside Halemaumau, with Kilauea at Volcano Alert Level WATCH and Aviation Color Code ORANGE.
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  Cedric: The observatory says episode 56 high fountaining remains possible at any point through November 8.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service also has a Wind Advisory up for Kohala and Big Island North, and a High Surf Advisory for Niihau, the Kauai southwest shores and the Waianae coast.
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  Cedric: New York.
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  Cedric: Governor Kathy Hochul signed Executive Order 65.1 on Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., extending the statewide measles disaster emergency through December 4.
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  Cedric: The extension keeps in place the widened pool of providers who may administer MMR vaccine under a non patient specific order, including certified paramedics and advanced EMS providers, pharmacists and midwives.
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  Cedric: It also carries forward emergency procurement authority and the requirement that every MMR dose given be reported to the state immunization registry within 72 hours.
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  Cedric: North Carolina.
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  Cedric: A Flash Flood Warning from the Weather Service in Morristown covered southwestern Cherokee County alongside southeastern Polk County, Tennessee into the 7 a.m.
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  Cedric: hour, after law enforcement reported two to three inches of rain with up to an inch more possible.
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  Cedric: Tennessee.
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  Cedric: The Weather Service in Morristown declared a Flash Flood Emergency for Copperhill at 6:23 a.m., reporting widespread catastrophic flash flooding with numerous businesses and homes under several feet of water, on information from emergency management.
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  Cedric: The flash flood warning for southeastern Polk County runs until 9 a.m., and a flood warning for south central Polk County runs until 9:15 a.m.
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  Cedric: Forecasters say several structures are flooded inside the flash flood emergency area and that further runoff is likely to continue downstream, driven by extreme rainfall across the state line in Georgia.
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  Cedric: Both products call the flooding life threatening and tell people in the path to move to higher ground.
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  Cedric: That wraps today's EM Morning Brief.
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