The approach of three storms from the east, coupled with the surge in Lake Okeechobee's water level following Tropical Storm Fay, poses a serious threat to the integrity the massive earthen levee that protects 40,000 Glades residents and the rest of South Florida from flooding, environmentalists warned today.
Because of record rainfall from Tropical Storm Fay, the Army Corps of Engineers will soon start releasing water from Lake Okeechobee into the Caloosahatchee River. And that's a big concern for some city leaders on Sanibel Island.
A 20-acre tract of sweet sorghum is the first tangible step in the creation of Destiny, a proposed sustainable green community being developed by Delray Beach-based Land Co. of Osceola County LLC.
Following the announcement of the Presidential disaster declaration in Florida for several counties affected by Tropical Storm Fay August 18, 2008, and continuing, Acting Administrator Sandy K. Baruah of the U.S. Small Business Administration issued the following statement:
MIAMI -- President Bush has declared a major disaster area exists in Florida and has ordered federal aid be sent to the state in the wake of Tropical Storm Fay.
NAPLES, Fla. (AP) -- Tropical Storm Fay made landfall on Florida's southwest coast early Tuesday after residents with memories of a killer hurricane in 2004 took the precaution of shutting schools, government offices and many businesses.
