The National Hurricane Center now lists Hurricane Milton as one of the strongest hurricanes on record in the Atlantic Basin.

In the summer of 1928, heavy rainfall raised Lake Okeechobee’s water level three feet above normal. And in the fall, a hurricane smashed the coast of Florida. The impact flooded Lake Okeechobee.

For the past several years, high water levels in Lake O lead to high volume releases down the Caloosahatchee. But this year ...

Lake Okeechobee is Florida’s largest lake and the 10th ... The water comes up during hurricane season then it comes down, so ...

The South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) will close several navigation locks on the north shore of Lake Okeechobee due to low water levels. The closures, beginning Tuesday at 8 p.m., are ...

1924: State of Florida builds the St. Lucie Canal connecting Lake Okeechobee to the St. Lucie River. 1928: A hurricane that would later go down in history books makes landfall in West Palm Beach ...

Huge green blooms now regularly infest much of Lake Okeechobee’s 730-square-mile surface during the summer, producing toxic vapors and waterborne poisons potent enough to kill pets, or send ...

Lake Okeechobee discharges began Dec. 7 and will end Saturday ... Only 3,750 acres remained at the optimal 35,000 acres, according to Lawrence Glenn, the South Florida Water Management District Water ...

Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...

The hurricane caused significant damage in Sarasota, Tampa Bay, and Southwest Florida, including tornadoes ... land and a tornadic waterspout over Lake Okeechobee. Milton is the first tropical ...