Florida beaches seeing oily tar balls wash ashore; Coast Guard investigating
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Vacation destination closes beaches over gross ‘tar balls’ as cause remains a mystery: ‘Thought it was a sea creature’
Several Florida beaches closed Saturday after mysterious tar balls washed up on the shoreline — and now the US Coast Guard is ...
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Broward beaches that closed due to tar balls washing ashore reopen amid cleanup efforts
Beachgoers were back on the sand after a mysterious find earlier this weekend.Thick, oily tar balls washed ashore on Fort<a ...
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Parts of Fort Lauderdale Beach closed due to excess of sticky tar
A sticky, black substance that washed ashore Saturday prompted officials to close a stretch of Fort Lauderdale Beach as crews ...
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Army Corps working on plan to address risks to corals during Port Everglades expansion
With millions of corals at risk, Meyer calls it the largest coral mitigation project the Army Corps has ever attempted. And ...
Fort Lauderdale beach advisory prompted after unknown oily substance found
Ocean Rescue lifeguards are telling people to avoid the water from Riomar Street south to the Port Everglades inlet.
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Coast Guard investigates tar on South Florida beaches
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (Tribune News Service) — South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves ...
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Port Everglades Celebrates Double-Digit Growth
Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades is on course for a buoyant fiscal year in 2025, according to a press release. The port ...
Tar balls on South Florida beaches have dissipated on their own, Coast Guard says
After aerial flights and physical searches, the Coast Guard says the little blobs of oil are no longer floating ashore.
Coast Guard looking for source of oily tar balls that washed up on Fort Lauderdale Beach
At 7:05 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard’s Southeast District posted to social media that “Coast Guard air and surface crews ...
Tar balls wash ashore along South Florida beaches, source unknown
LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA - Oily tar balls have been washing up along South Florida beaches, stretching from Fort Lauderdale to Lake Worth Beach in Palm Beach County, raising environmental concerns and ...
South Florida beaches seeing oily tar balls wash ashore; Coast Guard investigating
South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves stepping in dark, greasy balls of oil, possibly ...