Tuesday on the Space Coast: Nov. 10, 2026

The Brevard County School Board on Tuesday, Nov. 10, unanimously picked Assistant Superintendent Tara Harris to serve as interim superintendent of Brevard Public Schools, first reported by Florida Today. Harris, who leads curriculum and instruction and has worked for the district since 1997, is expected to lead through the rest of the school year and plans to retire afterward without seeking the permanent job, Florida Today reported, after a special board meeting on outgoing Superintendent Mark Rendell's separation agreement moved his last day up from Nov. 27 to Friday, Nov. 13, WESH reported.

Machine recounts in two of Brevard's Nov. 3 races — State House District 33 and Cape Canaveral City Council — started at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the Election Support Center, 525 N. John Rodes Blvd. in Melbourne, the Brevard County Supervisor of Elections announced. Democrat Dan McDow kept his lead over Republican Rep. Monique Miller in the House District 33 machine recount and won the seat by less than half a percentage point, Florida Today reported; results stay unofficial until the state Elections Canvassing Commission certifies them Nov. 17, according to Central Florida Public Media, and a Cape Canaveral council recount result has not yet been posted.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted Florida's Major Disaster Declaration request to FEMA for the fall flooding, according to a 9:30 a.m. EST update from the Brevard Emergency Operations Center. The county said it is still working with FEMA and the state on joint damage assessments, and the Florida Division of Emergency Management announced the request on Monday, WPTV reported, though the state's announcement did not list which counties are included; the request still needs federal approval before FEMA assistance becomes available.

The St. Johns River near Cocoa is now forecast to keep rising and crest at 17.2 feet this weekend, according to an NWS Melbourne Flood Warning issued at 9:24 a.m., after Monday's forecast had the river holding at 17.0 feet; the river was at 17.0 feet at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, and the NOAA gauge west of Cocoa later read 17.03 feet at 5:15 p.m., still in major flood, with the 17.2-foot crest shown for Saturday afternoon. Flood stage is 16 feet, and at 17.2 feet, water enters homes in the Lake Poinsett area west of Cocoa, low-lying homes in the Silver Pines subdivision in Rockledge and the Shakespeare Park area of Cocoa, and Providence Road west of Cocoa becomes impassable, NWS Melbourne said; the warning runs until further notice, the next statement is due at 11 p.m. Tuesday, and the weather service has flood safety tips.