Idalia Threatens to Stir Up Lake Okeechobee’s Toxic Algae Blooms
For much of the summer, Lake Okeechobee suffocates under toxic, blue-green algae blooms fed by fertilizer runoff from farms. The blooms recently subsided, but Hurricane Idalia could cause further cycles of growth and rot. That’s because storms can send additional fertilizer runoff down the Kissimmee River and other waterways, stir up pollution from the lake…