St. Johns River flooding near Cocoa could rival Tropical Storm Fay as residents brace for major flood

The rain has moved on. The water hasn’t.Along the St. Johns River west of Cocoa, rising floodwaters are swallowing docks, covering parking areas and creeping toward places where people once stood comfortably above the water.At Lone Cabbage Fish Camp along State Road 520, the transformation is difficult to miss.Docks sit nearly level with the swollen river. Benches and tables are surrounded by dark, murky water, and portions of the parking area have disappeared beneath the flooding.For visitors Noah and Augie Walford, who have spent years enjoying the river, the scene is unlike anything they remember.“We’ve never seen it this bad,” one of them told News 6.“We’ve never seen the water level like this after any storm or hurricane,” they added.The changes are even more striking when they recall how far visitors once had to walk down toward the floating docks.“You walk downstairs probably eight feet, nine feet, and to the floating dock where the airboats were,” one explained, pointing toward