Lake Okeechobee

A lot of it will dump right over Lake Okeechobee, which is about three feet below normal.

CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2008 2008

So the Army Corps of Engineers in the lead-up to the last hurricane season, which was predicted to be terrible, they dumped a foot and a half of water out of Lake Okeechobee, which is a 700 square mile lake.

CNN Transcript May 9, 2007 2007

TUCHMAN: Well, that's a major concern, because Lake Okeechobee, which is inland, is one of our follow-up places in the state of Florida.

CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004 2004

He is on the northern edge of Lake Okeechobee which is expecting to - but the eye actually passing very near him sometime in the next few hours or so.

CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004 2004

The drought is wilting crops across the state, sparking wildfires and sinking Lake Okeechobee— one of the country's largest lakes — to historically low levels.

Wildfires and drought plague much of the southern USA 2011

The drought is wilting crops across the state, sparking wildfires and sinking Lake Okeechobee— one of the country's largest lakes — to historically low levels.

Wildfires and drought plague much of the southern USA 2011

The water level of Lake Okeechobee — which supplies water to millions of people in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties in Florida — was recently reported at 11.59 feet, says Susan Sylvester, the director of operations control for the water management district.

Drought hits southern U.S. pretty hard 2011

When Miriam said she was sending me to a seminary near Lake Okeechobee, I had expected clean air and blue sky, golf carts that puttered around on electricity, computers that hummed invitingly, sleek buildings and celestial sidewalks so white they blinded the eye, a welcoming committee several years removed from death.

Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

When Miriam said she was sending me to a seminary near Lake Okeechobee, I had expected clean air and blue sky, golf carts that puttered around on electricity, computers that hummed invitingly, sleek buildings and celestial sidewalks so white they blinded the eye, a welcoming committee several years removed from death.

Miracles, Inc. T.J. Forrester 2011

Meanwhile supporting forces moved into a blocking position between Lake Okeechobee and the Atlantic coast.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011