Over the weekend, the South Florida Water Management District closed another lock on Lake Okeechobee.

Florida officials are asking people to avoid contact with the water in Lake Okeechobee where blue-green algae was tested.

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in Florida and the second largest in the Southeastern United States. Over the past two decades, blooms of blue-green algae (Microcystis) have emerged in the lake ...

The water levels on Lake Okeechobee have slowly been dropping over the last several months.Currently, the four locks on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been two weeks since Lake Okeechobee discharges into the St. Lucie River began, with another round slated. The U.S. Army ...

LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT A NEW STUDY ALSO RANKS IT AS THE DIRTIEST LAKE IN THE COUNTRY. ANGELA ROZIER JOINING US IN THE STUDIO WITH REACTION FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS ...

At the heart of the vast watershed that forms Florida’s fragile Everglades is Lake Okeechobee. A century ago the water of the state’s largest lake spilled effortlessly beyond its southern shore, ...

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 their ...

A proposed 120-mile trail from Lake Monroe in Sanford to Lake Okeechobee in South Florida could give Floridians another car-free place to bike and walk and could even help the endangered Florida ...

While it’s undeniable that Lake Okeechobee is critical to South Florida communities, recent decisions related to its management have raised questions about future allocations in water supply. Lake ...

LARGEST FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, BUT A NEW STUDY ALSO RANKS IT AS THE DIRTIEST LAKE IN THE COUNTRY. ANGELA ROZIER JOINING US IN THE STUDIO WITH REACTION FROM LOCAL OFFICIALS ABOUT THIS ...