The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun releasing water from Lake Okeechobee after record-breaking rainfall and ahead of the storms that are looming in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

September 7, 2008

Even though Hurricane Gustav did not wreak the destruction expected when it struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, officials said Tuesday that they were not ready to allow many of the 1.9 million Louisiana residents who had evacuated to return. ...more

September 3, 2008

New Orleans can get back to its comeback. Traumatized after Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in rebuilding. ...more

September 2, 2008

Just three years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans confronts a new threat from Gustav and a stark question: Will the partially rebuilt levees hold? ...more

August 29, 2008

Teresa Kotch has a little more peace of mind now that a rocket found in her front yard has been blown to bits. ...more

August 26, 2008

Corps finds rockets at former gunnery range. ...more

August 26, 2008

Signs are emerging that history is repeating itself in the Big Easy, still healing from Katrina: People have forgotten what happened after Hurricane Betsy caused catastrophic flooding four decades ago and again think the federal government is constructing a levee system they can prosper behind. ...more

August 24, 2008

Some of Florida's U.S. House members complained Wednesday about being kept in the dark during the state's secret negotiations of a $1.75 billion proposed buyout of U.S. Sugar Corp. ...more

July 31, 2008

SPRING LAKE — Joe DeCerbo thinks he's finally solved Spring Lake's water problem. South Florida Water Management District has allowed a seawall to be built that carries excess rainfall directly to Arbuckle Creek, without flowing over the land of ranch owner Sandra Tyrell. "This will, without a doubt, protect us and Sandy Tyrell forever," said DeCerbo, the manager of Spring Lake Improvement District for the past two years. "As soon as it's finished, we're going to sit down and have an agreement typed with them sitting there. We sign it, and Sandy signs it, and then we call the judge and get that injunction lifted." ...more

July 5, 2008

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection signed off Thursday on plans to dredge 22 canals and four channels, a multimillion-dollar project that has been years in the making. ...more

July 4, 2008