Tar balls wash ashore on Florida beaches, but the source of the sticky black goo is a mystery
The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on Florida beaches over the weekend. So far, the ...
Fort Lauderdale beaches open for swimming after tar balls washed ashore Saturday; Coast Guard investigation ongoing
The source of the tar remained unknown Sunday morning as the Coast Guard investigation resumed. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue ...
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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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Driver was nearly 3 times legal limit when he killed pedestrian on Fort Lauderdale Beach, police say
A man who hit and killed a pedestrian walking along State Road A1A on Fort Lauderdale Beach in late August was driving drunk ...
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Parts of Fort Lauderdale Beach closed for swimming as oily tar balls wash up on shore
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue announced that the oily substance on the beach prompted lifeguards to tell beachgoers to stay out ...
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 completed searches from Palm beach to Port Everglades for the source of the ...
What did spring break used to look like? See the scene in Fort Lauderdale, South Beach
The spring break tradition in Florida stretches back to the early 1960s, when the movie “Where the Boys Are” put Fort ...
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.
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 ...
Beaches reopen in Fort Lauderdale after tar balls wash ashore
Fort Lauderdale beach reopened to swimmers Sunday after an oily substance washed ashore. The U.S. Coast Guard is still working to determine the source of the substance but it's suspected that it could ...