Saturday on the Space Coast: Nov. 7, 2026

Brevard County will hold machine recounts in the House District 33 and Cape Canaveral City Council races after both Nov. 3 races finished within a 0.5% margin, the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections announced Saturday. After certifying the first unofficial results, the county Canvassing Board ordered the Cape Canaveral recount and the Florida Secretary of State ordered the District 33 recount; the machine recount starts at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Election Support Center, 525 N. John Rodes Blvd. in Melbourne, and if that count leaves a margin of 0.25% or less, a manual recount of blank, overvoted and undervoted ballots starts at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, and can run through Thursday, Nov. 12. Canvassing Board meetings are open to the public, the elections office said, and WESH 2 also reported the recounts.

The St. Johns River near Cocoa remained in moderate flood at 16.9 feet at 10:15 a.m. Saturday, according to an NWS Melbourne Flood Warning issued at 10:53 a.m. The weather service said the river is expected to remain steady near that level for now, while major flooding remains forecast; flood stage is 16 feet, and at 17.2 feet, water enters homes in the Lake Poinsett area west of Cocoa, Silver Pines in Rockledge and Shakespeare Park in Cocoa, and Providence Road west of Cocoa becomes impassable. The warning runs until further notice, and the next statement is due Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. See NWS Melbourne for the latest river forecasts and the weather service's flood safety tips.