Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...

Lake Okeechobee, Florida's largest freshwater lake, plays a vital role in the state's ecosystem and water management. Spanning 730 square miles with an average depth of just 9 feet, it serves as a ...

FL could continue a dry pattern at least for the next week, prompting burn bans amid a statewide drought. See if your county ...

Rip currents are most common in the winter months for Florida, but they can occur during the spring time, too. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, rip currents are ...

Launch, Space Coast, east Orlando, near University of Central Florida, Bithlo, the northern part of the Treasure Coast, Indian River County, Sebastian, Vero Beach, parts of Daytona Beach ...

Their bills would put rules in place for oil companies that drill for oil and gas near vulnerable bodies of water. State Rep. Jason Shoaf (R-Port St. Joe) serves counties in the Big Bend area ...

River gauges detected rivers in major flood stage in 19 locations, according to a flood inundation map from the National Water Center. Moderate flooding was detected in 58 locations, and minor ...

A man was arrested and charged with felony battery in Florida after a woman sought help ... help me' to him," according to an Indian River County Sheriff's Office arrest affidavit.

The flooding came with storms caused by an atmospheric river that the National Oceanic ... on Saturday. An NWS map shows multiple flood warnings and advisories. A warning is when "the hazardous ...

Burmese pythons are spreading northward from their established breeding range in the Florida Everglades ... of Lake Okeechobee in the Kissimmee River area from Orlando to Okeechobee and southwest ...