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Lake Okeechobee (US: / oʊ k i ˈ tʃ oʊ b i / oh-kee-CHOH-bee) [1] is the largest freshwater lake in the U.S. state of Florida. [2] It is the eighth-largest natural freshwater lake among the 50 states of the United States and the second-largest natural freshwater lake contained entirely within the contiguous 48 states, after Lake Michigan.
A sign advertising the completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike, which mentions the 1926 and 1928 hurricanes View NNE from atop the Herbert Hoover Dike and its access roads, as seen from the Canal Point Recreation Area in Canal Point, FL. The Herbert Hoover Dike is a dike around the waters of Lake Okeechobee in Florida.
Strong winds struck southern Florida as the hurricane moved ashore, with winds estimated to have exceeded 100 mph (160 km/h) in Lake Worth, Palm Beach, and West Palm Beach. [22] In Miami , well south of where the storm struck, wind gusts reached 78 mph (126 km/h), [ 34 ] and farther south, Key West reported sustained winds of only 39 mph (63 km/h).
The hurricane killed an estimated 2,500 people in the United States; most of the fatalities occurred in the state of Florida, particularly in Lake Okeechobee. It was the fourth tropical cyclone, third hurricane, the only major hurricane of the 1928 Atlantic hurricane season, and remains the deadliest disaster in Florida’s history to date. [1]
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
A tropical storm warning remained in place from Intracoastal City, Louisiana, to the Alabama/Florida border, which included the New Orleans metro area and Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain ...
Hurricane Milton continues to fluctuate in intensity between Category 4 and 5 ahead of landfall in Florida (NOAA)
August 25 – Hurricane Katrina moved ashore southeastern Florida as a minimal hurricane, producing a peak wind gust of 97 mph (156 km/h) at Homestead General Aviation Airport. Heavy rainfall accompanied the hurricane, peaking at 16.43 in (417 mm) in Perrine, which caused flooding in the Miami metro area. About 1.4 million people lost power ...