Just keeping everyone up to date as Lake Okeechobee continues to dump east and west upsetting coastal residences and environmentalist. "By Ed Killer (Contact) Sunday, September 14, 2008 TROPICAL FARMS...
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Bart Colucci reporting from Martin County Florida Today, murky golden water dropped down into the Saint Lucie River as the Army Corps of Engineers decided to release water from Lake Okeechobee for the first time in over 2 years. The Saint Lucie River was making a comeback...
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A drought that has bared parts of the bed of Florida’s largest lake
has exposed human bone fragments, pottery and even boats — and
archaeologists are trying to evaluate the artifacts before water levels
rise...
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A terrible drought at Florida's largest lake has exposed large portions of the lakebed and revealed strange artifacts at the bottom -- including skeleton fragments, an ancient Indian settlement, a 50-60-foot-long...
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Hurricane season has officially begun, and Tropical Storm Barry is wasting no time. In this case, though, Florida could really use the rain. UPDATE:"Tropical
storm Barry weakened into a tropical depression as...
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Florida's Lake Okeechobee has reached such a low water level as the result of a massive drought that the lakebed has actually caught fire. Firefighters are currently battling the blaze."The South Florida Water...