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.
Last-known living survivor of 1928 hurricane honored
Today, a remembrance ceremony was held at the Port Mayaca Cemetery.
Among those in attendance, the last-known living survivor of the storm, 99-year-old Lucille Herron…