Lake Okeechobee boaters are being alerted to a nearly 10-acre floating island that was blown into the channel Tuesday night near Route 2.
The navigation channel is temporarily closed until a team from the U.S. Army Corps team can remove it.
The material that makes up the floating island, called a tussock, is being removed by mechanical means involving heavy equipment.
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