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FILE - Rehabilitation work takes place on top of the Herbert Hoover Dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee, just a few feet from a home on Nov. 1, 2019, in Pahokee, Fla. Hurricane tides overtopped the ...

CLEWISTON, Fla. — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Wednesday morning at the Herbert Hoover Dike, capping a yearslong rehabilitation project meant to keep the communities surrounding Lake Okeechobee ...

The levee is over a hundred years old. And it shows. But efforts have lagged to fix it before it’s too late. STANWOOD — Sid Roberts had just been mayor for a couple of weeks when he got the call in ...

MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. — Harmful water releases from Lake Okeechobee have now been pouring into the St. Lucie Estuary for almost two weeks. This is despite more than a billion dollars being used to ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2023 WLRN 91.3 FM. To see more, visit WLRN 91.3 FM. All is not well with Lake Okeechobee in ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project was officially completed Wednesday to repair the sprawling dike around Florida's Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people ...

Rehabilitation work takes place on top of the Herbert Hoover Dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee, just a few feet from a home on Nov. 1, 2019, in Pahokee, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — After 18 years, ...

All is not well with Lake Okeechobee in south Florida. All the water is being held back by a troubled earthen dike that surrounds the lake. After... South Florida Worries About Possible Dike Failure ...

After 18 years, a $1.5 billion project was officially completed Wednesday to repair the sprawling dike around Florida's Lake Okeechobee that protects thousands of people from potentially catastrophic ...

There's a potential crisis building at Florida's Lake Okeechobee. The massive lake is surrounded by an earthen dike, but that barrier that's holding all the water back has been deteriorating. For ...