Fort Lauderdale beaches open for swimming after tar balls washed ashore Saturday; Coast Guard investigation ongoing
South Floridians enjoying a pleasant Saturday at the beach found themselves stepping in dark, greasy balls of oil, possibly ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Tar balls on South Florida beaches have dissipated on their own, Coast Guard says
Swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach were shut down Saturday due to the pieces of oil washing ashore and oil slicks in the water ...
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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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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 ...
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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Port Everglades Is On a Record-Breaking Path for 2025
The cruise homeport of Port Everglades in Florida, is on course for a busy 2025 and already had a 25% increase in its first ...
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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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4 tons of cocaine worth over $91 million offloaded in Fort Lauderdale
A massive haul of more than $91 million worth of cocaine seized by the U.S. Coast Guard was offloaded in Fort Lauderdale ... was offloaded at Port Everglades on Monday by the Cutter Campbell ...