A hurricane's impacts often extend far from the coast after it makes landfall. One of the deadliest examples in U.S. history happened smack in the middle of Florida's Peninsula. On Sept. 16, 1928, 97 ...
PAHOKEE, Fla. — The city of Pahokee marked 97 years since a historic and deadly hurricane swept across Lake Okeechobee and Palm Beach County. The "Okeechobee hurricane" claimed at least 2,500 lives.