Monday 11/9 6:00pm UPDATE: ![]()
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We have an updated plan for volunteer mobilization this week! Please make sure you register to help using the form on our website: www.uwspacecoast.org/disaster-response Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email to sign up for specific volunteer shifts. ![]()
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If you are organizing a group of volunteers that can go out Wednesday or Saturday. Let us know that to be at the same volunteer sign-up link![]()
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NOTE: Garbage trucks and pickup have begun in impacted areas and will continue this week, making it important for impacted homes to get as much to the curb as they can. Thank you to everyone who has already gone out to help neighbors with clean-out. ![]()
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Since many individuals will be off Wednesday 11/11 for Veterans Day, we added several volunteer opportunities to go into homes to help with removal of damaged items and clean up. Additional opportunities this weekend. ![]()
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We would appreciate a few volunteers willing to help sort donations and distribute at the Community Of Hope, Brevard staging location. NOTE: municipalities can NOT accept donations, so please work with United Way and our existing network of local thrift stores and food pantries. ![]()
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If you are an organization hosting a drive or distribution, please let us know and we will help promote that out as well, or if you'd like to deliver items to Community of Hope to be available to those impacted by the flood. ![]()
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We would also appreciate 1-2 volunteers a day to support answering phones at the EOC for individuals requesting help or coordinating the volunteer response. You will be with UWSC or VOAD team members to support you. ![]()
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Please help like and share with those willing to volunteer - United Way Sapce Coast's mission is to mobilize our community to care, and it is in times like these that we see what a generous community we have! ![]()
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Donations to the Flood Relief Fund will help purchase additional cleaning products and safety gear for volunteers, as well as contribute to direct assistance programs to those impacted. Follow our page for updates about additional direct assistance as it becomes available.![]()
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Brevard County Emergency Management City of Palm Bay - Government City of Melbourne, FL - Government City of West Melbourne - Government Community Of Hope, Brevard Team Rubicon American Red Cross The Salvation Army of Melbourne, Florida
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BREAKING: Gov. Ron DeSantis has formally asked President Trump for an expedited Major Disaster Declaration for Brevard County and eight other Florida counties after this month's historic flooding.![]()
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Under federal law, only a state's governor can request a major disaster declaration. The request is built from damage information gathered by state and county emergency management officials, and it goes to the president through FEMA.![]()
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In a letter dated Monday, Nov. 9, DeSantis asked for federal disaster aid for Brevard, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, Palm Beach and St. Lucie counties.![]()
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The governor wrote that the flooding caused "significant damages" and that riverine flooding is still going on. He said the impact "extends well beyond the capability" of the state and local governments to handle.![]()
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The state is asking the federal government to make all of the following available:![]()
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Individual Assistance for affected residents![]()
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The Hazard Mitigation Grant Program![]()
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DeSantis asked that the disaster period start on Oct. 31. Because the damage keeps growing, he also asked FEMA to skip formal field damage assessments.![]()
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The letter calls the event a "historic and catastrophic flash flooding event" from early Nov. 1 through the morning of Nov. 3. Parts of southern Brevard got more than 24 inches of rain, and the flooding led to large-scale water rescues around Melbourne, Palm Bay and Malabar.![]()
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DeSantis declared a state of emergency for Brevard and six other counties on Nov. 2 and added Okeechobee and Palm Beach two days later.![]()
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The request is now pending with FEMA and the White House. Until it's approved, FEMA assistance is not available to residents with flood damage.![]()
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The Space Coast Rocket will update this story as it develops.![]()
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#BrevardCounty #FloridaFlooding #SpaceCoast
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President Trump is pressing the outgoing Republican Senate to confirm his pending nominees before Democrats take control in January.![]()
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In a Truth Social post Monday, the current president wrote: "Very important for the U.S. Senate to confirm all of our pending 161 Nominations, including 25 Federal Judges. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"![]()
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The post came the same day the Senate returned for its lame-duck session, less than a week after Democrats won control of the chamber in the Nov. 3 midterms.![]()
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Republicans currently hold a 53-47 majority, but the new Congress convenes in January, when Democrats are expected to take over. Once that happens, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Republicans will lose the ability to confirm the president's nominees on their own.![]()
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley has scheduled back-to-back nomination hearings beginning Tuesday, Nov. 10, to move judicial picks before the majority changes.![]()
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Trump has had 56 federal judges confirmed so far in his second term, on top of 234 in his first, according to Ballotpedia data through Nov. 1.![]()
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The lame-duck calendar is short, and nominations will compete for floor time with other legislative priorities before the end of the year.![]()
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#USSenate #FederalJudges #TrumpNominees
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Accident 95 South after Pineda causing delays.
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