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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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 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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
Mysterious Tar Balls Shut Down Florida Beaches As Coast Guard Launches Investigation
Mysterious tar balls washed up on several Florida beaches, forcing closures and triggering an investigation by the U.S. Coast ...
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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 ...
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Where to Eat, Stay, and Play in Fort Lauderdale
If Miami and Palm Beach had a love child, it would be Fort Lauderdale. Quickly shedding its image as just a spring break ...
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 ...