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Fins in Florida floodwater draw viewers to LOCAL 12

The Cincinnati station's most-watched new upload shows an aquatic animal swimming past traffic and workers on a submerged road.

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Flooded Florida road appears to have an unexpected visitorFlooded Florida road appears to have an unexpected visitor

Windshield wipers supply the soundtrack as a camera inside a stopped car catches fins cutting through a flooded Florida road. Vehicles pass, two workers in neon rain gear approach, and the animal splashes near their feet before swimming toward the camera.

LOCAL 12's "Flooded Florida road appears to have an unexpected visitor" reached roughly 28,000 views, making it the most watched of the station's new uploads this week. Its description calls the animal an apparent shark, rather than offering a confirmed identification. Viewers are asking whether anyone helped it reach deeper water; others hear an accidental resemblance to the Jaws soundtrack in those squeaking wipers.

The station posted 21 videos during the week. The Florida clip and its report on charges following a fairground swing-ride incident are drawing the most daily views, followed by a report about an elderly man's escape from abuse in Maryland.

Closer to its Cincinnati home, LOCAL 12 also covered residents facing a deadline to leave a trailer-home neighborhood outside Maysville after Meta bought the land for a data center complex. That report brings the expansion of digital infrastructure down to a very local question: where people will live.

Subscribers were unchanged over the week, while daily viewing is currently more than half above its usual level. Nearby in channel size, FOX6 News Milwaukee is also seeing elevated daily viewing, while CBS Boston is quieter than usual. For LOCAL 12, the Florida floodwater clip remains the strongest source of momentum among its recent uploads.

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What viewers say

  • The windshield wipers sounding like the music from Jaws😅🤣😅
    @eddienesmith4478See it on YouTube
  • So, do the windshield wipers owe John Williams royalties?
  • The beginning of every shark movie that I love.
    @vickifrost6705See it on YouTube

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The videos drawing views on LOCAL 12 right now

The facts
Channel
LOCAL 12
Subscribers
284,000
Channel views, last 7 days
907,072
Videos published this week
21
Video published
November 8, 2026
Video views so far
27,768
Views on its first day
16,410

The numbers

Here is LOCAL 12's week in views and subscribers.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels
WPBF 25 News
4,256,870
CP24
2,924,652
CBS Boston
1,588,677
Toronto Sun
1,514,619
LOCAL 12
907,072
subscribers
284,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
276,321,275
views per day
215,029
typical day: 135,841
first-day views of each video posted this week
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
CP24
383,000
CBS Boston
377,000
LOCAL 12
284,000
As of November 10, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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