Saturday, November 7, 2026 — The Miami Metropolis daily briefing: the day’s lead story and Miami’s weather in one place. A sunny, warm weekend is ahead for South Florida, king-tide flooding lingers through Sunday evening, and today’s lead is the sentencing of a Kenyan doomsday cult leader.
Today’s Lead Story: Leader of Kenyan Doomsday Cult Sentenced to 200 Years in Prison
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult linked to the deaths of hundreds of people has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 191 people. The High Court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa issued the sentence on Friday for Pastor Paul Mackenzie — 100 years for murder by starvation and a further 100 years for direct homicide, to run consecutively. Of the 191 victims in this case, 190 were children, most of them starved in the Shakahola forest after Mackenzie preached that fasting was the path to heaven ahead of the end of the world. Mackenzie, 50, will never leave prison, and he still faces terrorism, manslaughter, child abuse and torture charges in other courts over more than 200 additional victims.
Read the full story: Leader of Kenyan doomsday cult sentenced to 200 years in prison
Miami Weather: Coastal Flood Statement Until 7 PM Sunday, Partly Cloudy and Warm
A Coastal Flood Statement remains in effect for coastal Miami-Dade through Sunday evening — until 7:00 PM EST Sunday, November 8 (NWS Miami, issued 1:19 AM EST Saturday, covering Coastal Palm Beach County, Coastal Broward County and Coastal Miami-Dade County) — isolated minor coastal flooding is possible around periods of high tide, with some water on low-lying roads and property; do not drive through flooded roadways. Friday’s statement, which had run only through Friday evening, has been extended on this fresh NWS issuance.
Otherwise it is a warm, mostly dry Saturday: partly cloudy at midday at 84°F and feeling like 89°F, humidity around 61%, northeast winds around 2 mph (east-northeast around 8 mph for the day), and about a 20% chance of rain, with a chance of evening showers. Today’s high: 85°F. Tonight’s low: 72°F. Sunrise was 6:33 AM; sunset is 5:35 PM.
Tomorrow — Sunday, November 8: partly cloudy, high 83°F, low 73°F, rain chance about 10%. Sunrise is 6:34 AM and sunset 5:34 PM. The days ahead stay partly cloudy: Monday high 83°F, Tuesday high 82°F and Wednesday high 82°F, with rain chances around 10–20%.
More of Today’s Top Stories
- Antonio Brown avoids prison time in Miami-Dade shooting case, gets 3 years of probation
- NASCAR returns to Homestead-Miami Speedway
- South Florida set to see plenty of sunshine, low rain chances, warm temperatures this weekend
- Former principal who killed Miami Gardens teacher accepts plea deal
Weather data from The Weather Channel (weather.com) / National Weather Service Miami. Miami Headline & Weather is The Miami Metropolis’ daily briefing, published late morning.
