Eli Morning Brief: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026
Major flooding keeps rising on the St. Johns near Cocoa, libraries reopen with free flood clean-up kits, a cooler weekend is ahead, and a ULA Vulcan is set for Friday.
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In this Thursday Morning Brief: the National Weather Service in Melbourne says a Flood Warning continues for the St. Johns River near Cocoa, where major flooding is occurring and the river is forecast to keep rising within major flood stage through this weekend. Never drive through flooded roads or around barricades.
For flood recovery, the Brevard Emergency Operations Center says county libraries reopen today, Nov. 12, and free flood clean-up kits are available again, while supplies last, at the Melbourne, Palm Bay, South Mainland (Micco) and West Melbourne libraries. The Multi-Agency Resource Centers at the Tony Rosa Community Center in Palm Bay and the Veterans Memorial Complex in West Melbourne remain open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Today looks mostly cloudy with a high near 79, then cooler air arrives: a high near 72 Friday and 66 Saturday, according to NWS Melbourne. At the beaches, the rip current risk is moderate with surf around 2 feet. There are no launches from the Cape today; the next one listed is a ULA Vulcan carrying Amazon Leo satellites on Friday, Nov. 13, with a window from 12:54 to 1:23 p.m. Tonight from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., FDOT plans lane closures on northbound I-95 from U.S. 192 to north of Fiske Boulevard for paving. Check FL511.
Sources: NWS Melbourne, the Brevard Emergency Operations Center, FDOT and The Space Coast Wire. Conditions were current as of early Thursday morning, Nov. 12. Check NWS Melbourne at weather.gov/mlb for the latest.
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