Keri West Indian River Lagoon News and Events Safer Indian River Indian River Lagoon Aquatic Preserves Indian St. Johns Riverkeeper Action St. Lucie River St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park LagoonKeepers.org Save the Lagoon Peter Wolfson The Peace Reef Project - Living Aquaculture Art The The Biomimicry Institute Congessman Murphy Senator Negron Treasure Coast Indian Country Today Media Netwo......rk There could be far reaching effects for southern florida should the dike fail. As well as the total of 40,000 residents whose houses and lives would obviously be in serious danger, there could be far-reaching effects for the whole of southern Florida should the Herbert Hoover Dike fail. According to the Expert Review Panel Report, a vast area of to the south and east of the lake would be submerged. To the immediate south-east of Lake Okeechobee is Palm Beach County, the third most populous county in Florida with 1.3m residents. Palm Beach County is adjacent to Broward County and immediately to the south is Miami-Dade County. These three counties between them have a combined population in excess of 5 million. The report also comments that water supplies would be under threat and that the Everglades could be damaged, “perhaps irreversibly”. The report continues: “All in all, recovery could take years, with indirect losses far exceeding direct damages and likely running to the tens of billions of dollars.”
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