Intense heat battered Floridians this summer like never before. The Northern Hemisphere experienced its warmest summer on record. Combined with hurricane season, the intense heat brought algae ...

The Lake Okeechobee algae bloom has increased by 10 percent since Thursday, according to a NOAA-contracted satellite oceanographer. The bloom covered 40 percent of the open-water area ...

Lake Okeechobee is the largest lake in the state of Florida. / Google The event takes off from C. Scot Driver Boat Ramp in Okeechobee, Florida at 7:00 a.m. each morning and weigh-ins start at 3:00 ...

NOAA released its latest image of the Lake Okeechobee algae bloom, shot Thursday. High winds may be skewing the conclusion that the bloom appears to cover about 17 percent of the open-water ...

And algae season is only getting started. Writer Dan Egan and photographer Josh Ritchie reported from Okeechobee’s shores, dodging the lake’s noxious fumes to understand the crisis and its costs.

President Donald Trump is visiting Lake Okeechobee on Friday, likely to tout progress on the fortification of the Herbert Hoover Dike. The dike is a 143-mile earth, concrete and steel structure ...