The new dike system was completed in the late 1960’s and named the Herbert Hoover Dike. The dike system consists of 143 miles of levee, hurricane gates and other water control structures.

The region is now more than 700,000 acres. 1960s: The 143-mile Herbert Hoover Dike around Lake Okeechobee is completed. In more recent years, it would undergo a massive fortification project ...

Another storm breached the dike in 1947, and the state and federal government, in response, built extra canals and levees to tame the lake and the hurricanes that upset it. Today's Herbert Hoover ...

Rick Scott was in Clewiston Monday to see for himself just how well the Herbert Hoover Dike at Lake Okeechobee is holding up. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump committed to providing ...

The Herbert Hoover Dike project overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was completed three years ahead of schedule and at a savings of $300 million over the original cost estimate ...

Director of the Palm Beach County EOC, Bill Johnson, says compared to Houston, South Florida may be easier to drain.Heavy rains would also affect Lake Okeechobee and the Herbert Hoover Dike ...

The Army Corps of Engineers headlined the ribbon-cutting ceremony to signal the finish of the restoration of the Herbert Hoover Dike about three years ahead of schedule, costing $1.5 billion in ...

But the rehabilitated Herbert Hoover Dike stood up well to the impacts of Hurricane Ian and Nicole this year, according to a recent analysis by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "We inspected it ...

President Trump on Friday took time away from his Mar-a-Lago weekend retreat to tout repairs at the aging Herbert Hoover Dike on the shores of Florida’s Lake Okeechobee. “It’s important in ...

Rehabilitation work takes place on top of the Herbert Hoover Dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee, just a few feet from a home on Nov. 1, 2019, in Pahokee, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP ...