2000: The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, or CERP, is authorized by Congress to restore and protect South ...

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 ...

Landing in Florida in September 1928, the Okeechobee Hurricane caused widespread devastation, particularly around Lake Okeechobee. The resulting storm surge breached the lake’s dikes, flooding ...

Meeting space. Large monitor and computer to accommodate a hurricane preparedness PowerPoint presentation. Be located within one of the following counties: Okeechobee, Indian River, St. Lucie ...

This personal tale is interwoven with memories of Hurston’s own experience of a 1929 hurricane in The Bahamas, as well as her interviews with survivors of the Okeechobee hurricane in Florida.