South Florida Dike Poses Grave Danger, Engineers Say

An alarm­ing engi­neer­ing report on the 140-mile (225-kilo­me­ter) dike around Flori­da’s Lake Okee­chobee has prompt­ed emer­gency man­age­ment offi­cials to pre­pare evac­u­a­tion plans for 40,000 res­i­dents liv­ing near the lake.