Residents kayak on flooded streets after 20+ inches of rain falls in Palm Bay

Florida’s Melbourne Breaks Wettest Day on Record With 10.63 Inches by Early Afternoon, Topping Hurricane Irma’s 10.23 Inches as Rain Soaks Palm Bay and Cocoa Monday

MELBOURNE, Florida — Melbourne has just recorded its wettest day ever. The Melbourne Airport measured 10.63 inches of rain from midnight through 12:53 PM EST Monday November 2, beating the old record of 10.23 inches set during Hurricane Irma in 2017. With rain still falling across the region at that time, the day’s total was only expected to climb higher. A Record That Stood Through Hurricanes Weather records at Melbourne go back to 1937, coveri…

Florida flooding, photos show kayaks in streets, roads resembling...

National Weather Service officials issued urgent warnings for Brevard residents of "extremely dangerous and life-threatening conditions," as flash floodwaters sent water into homes, stalled out cars, flooded roads and left beachside canals swollen and schools closed. The heavy, persistent rains fell across Brevard overnight from Sunday into Monday, Nov. 2, leaving residents rattled from the south of the county to the north. Weather officials con…

Residents kayak on flooded streets after 20+ inches of rain falls in Palm Bay

Thousands are without power after Central Florida was slammed with downpours. Brevard County saw the most rain, with 20+ inches in Palm Bay.