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  2. Lake Okeechobee - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. 1928 Okeechobee hurricane - Wikipedia

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    The eye at landfall was 25 mi (40 km) wide, and after moving inland crossed Lake Okeechobee, where a calm was reported for 30 minutes. Winds at Canal Point, adjacent to the lake, were estimated as high as 160 mph (257 km/h); the anemometer blew away after reporting sustained winds of 75 mph (121 km/h). The pressure at Canal Point dropped to 942 ...

  4. Effects of the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane in Florida - Wikipedia

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    After the dikes lining Lake Okeechobee failed, water reached at least 7 ft (2.1 m) above ground in portions of Belle Glade. [113] At the Glades Hotel, floodwaters rose so rapidly that the last two people to reach the second floor nearly drowned in the stairwell, [114] although the structure remained the only building in the city left intact. [115]

  5. Herbert Hoover Dike - Wikipedia

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    The Herbert Hoover Dike (HHD) is a component of the Central and Southern Florida (C&SF) Project for Flood Control and other Purposes. The C&SF project was authorized in the Flood Control Act of 1948, 1954, 1960, 1965, and 1968; authorization in 1970 under Section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965; the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA ...

  6. High water and more blooms on Lake Okeechobee spark worries ...

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    Lake Okeechobee is currently 14.09 feet high, about two feet higher than the Army Corps of Engineers, which maintains the lake, likes to see it in June. Recent heavy rains, plus leftover swell ...

  7. Okeechobee County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The Okeechobee County Courthouse, constructed in 1926, is located in the county seat, Okeechobee. The Old Okeechobee High School, now the Freshman Campus, built 1925. Okeechobee County was incorporated in 1917. It was named for Lake Okeechobee, which was itself named for the Seminole Indian [4] words okee (water) and chobee (big).

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