Here’s what Tampa Bay should know as red tide drifts offshore
Stretches of the debris-strewn beaches of Southwest Florida, still recovering from Hurricane Milton, are now littered with ...
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Red tide and related respiratory irritation reported in Tampa Bay coastal counties
Low concentrations of the toxin were detected this past week at New Pass Dock in Sarasota Bay, on the north end of Lido Key.
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Red tide outbreak blossoms off Tampa Bay
Jeff Berardelli is WFLA’s Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist Over the past week, a large outbreak of Red Tide has exploded in the Gulf just offshore from Tampa Bay. It can be seen on the ...
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Red tide detected off Pinellas, Hillsborough, Sarasota and Manatee counties
The organism that causes red tide was detected in 49 samples along the coast of Southwest Florida. But bloom-level ...
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Algae outbreak blossoms off Tampa Bay
Red tide is a naturally occurring type of algae ... storm surge and rainfall flooding would have flushed extra nutrients from land into Tampa Bay and the Gulf. It seems no coincidence that blooms ...
Fortuitous winds have kept a large red tide bloom away from Sarasota and Manatee beaches
A large red tide that has bloomed near Florida Gulf Coast communities impacted by Hurricane Milton, including Sarasota and ...
Red tide showing up offshore, fecal indicator bacteria counts high after hurricanes
Southwest Florida waters are stained and potentially toxic as a red tide bloom rages offshore while freshwater bacteria ...
Red tide counts improving along SW Florida coast, still present at moderate levels in Lee
Recent samples from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, show natural, background levels in Lee and ...
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Could Hurricane Milton cause red tide?
When Hurricane Milton tore through the Tampa Bay area, it brought several inches ... Could Milton's stirring in the Gulf of Mexico lead to red tide? As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...