Red tide comes from an organism that occurs naturally in the ocean. But people can make these harmful algal blooms worse.

Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River will continue as water managers aim to lower the lake level to save lake plants that are drowning in too much water from four years of heavy rains ...

Instead, water will now flow south and west most of the time, only entering the St. Lucie River if Lake Okeechobee is at ...

Lake Okeechobee discharges to the St. Lucie River will continue as water managers aim to lower the lake level to save lake plants that are drowning in too much water from four years of heavy rains ...

Thirty-three hundred cubic feet per second (cfs) or 2.1 billion gallons of water from Lake Okeechobee is discharged through the St. Lucie Lock and Dam on Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Martin County ...

Satellite imagery shows the red tide bloom about 50-100 square miles south of Sarasota offshore. Researchers worked for a few years to pinpoint what's fueling Florida's red tide A study made the ...

A prime suspect is Lake Okeechobee discharges that started a ... The Army Corps of Engineers has released over 23.75 billion gallons of water into the river since Dec. 7, which has lowered the ...

In the summer of 1928, heavy rainfall raised Lake Okeechobee’s water level three feet above normal. And in the fall, a hurricane smashed the coast of Florida. The impact flooded Lake Okeechobee.

"The discharges are harmful to the estuaries and need to stop." Algae blooms: It's the lake, stupid What are Lake Okeechobee discharges? Risks include water pollution and toxic algae blooms The Army ...

Wildlife was abundant and water flowed freely from the Kissimmee River to Lake Okeechobee to the Florida Bay. But decades of engineering projects partitioned and drained the water, invasive ...