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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A sticky, black substance that washed ashore prompted officials to close a stretch of Fort Lauderdale ...
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 completed searches from Palm beach to Port Everglades for the source of the ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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Fort Lauderdale beaches open for swimming after tar balls washed ashore Saturday; Coast Guard investigation ongoing
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said on X that beaches were open for swimming Sunday morning as the agency hadn’t received any reports of tar balls or oily substance. A spokesperson for the Coast ...