DEERFIELD BEACH ... Likewise, officials along Florida's southeast coast have not provided a timeline for when the threat from the tar balls will subside. Coastal communities are largely at the mercy ...
They've been documented in the Gulf of Mexico — soon to be known in the U.S. as the Gulf of America — as far back as the 1700s and along Florida's Gulf Coast since the 1840s, according to the ...
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. – Beachgoers in South Florida are on alert after tar balls began washing up on the coast between West Palm Beach and Miami-Dade County on Saturday, causing concern among ...
The Gulf of Mexico has always been more than just a body of water for those of us living along its shores ... central to our lives here on Florida's west coast. Its history is deep and enduring ...
The tar balls that washed up on South Florida beaches, from Hollywood to Palm Beach County, seem to be dissipating on their own, the Coast Guard ... BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
A spokesperson for the Coast ... tanker. Beach-goers sit along the sand but do not venture into the water due to tar balls washing ashore Saturday afternoon. (Scott Luxor/South Florida Sun ...