An immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades dubbed by officials as “Alligator Alcatraz” is expected to be hit by lightning and heavy winds on Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

Alligator Alcatraz was built into the Everglades just eight days and state officials said would cost $450 million to operate for one year.

If you're ever in the Florida Everglades and want to snag a free pizza, you can head to this local establishment. Just make sure you have a python to trade.

The new immigration detention center at an isolated airstrip in the Florida Everglades that President Donald Trump visited was heralded by Republicans as a potential model for other states to aggressively ramp up detention and deportation efforts.

One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration scientist Mark Cook.

Florida Python Challenge begins July 11, bringing hunters to the Everglades to remove invasive Burmese pythons that threaten native wildlife in south Florida's ecosystem.

Democratic lawmakers condemned Florida's new Everglades immigration detention center after visiting Saturday, describing it as crowded, unsanitary and bug-infested. Republicans on the same tour said they saw nothing of the sort at the remote facility that officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz.

Detainees are said to go days without showering or getting prescription medicine, and they are only able to speak by phone to lawyers and loved ones.