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The past few weeks have brought unusual amounts of seaweed to Palm Beach County’s shores, unfortunately arriving during the peak of tourist season in the South Florida county, as first reported by Palm Beach Daily News. Oceanographers at the University of South Florida warned in late January that easterly winds

Lately, beaches in the town of Palm Beach and other South Florida beach towns have been plagued with Sargassum seaweed, resulting in complaints from many Midtown Beach-goers, as first reported by the Palm Beach Daily News. “There are a lot of complains from residents,” Midtown lifeguard Houston Park said on

On Friday, Palm Beach officials said that they would remove the remaining bits of an abandoned boat that has sat unmoved on the beach near President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago since it first washed ashore in January, according to the Palm Beach Daily News. “We could go there with some chainsaws and

The 32-foot vessel originally named Summer Smart, beached near President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago since Jan. 23, is falling apart, but as of now the Town of Palm Beach is refusing to remove it, as first reported by the Palm Beach Daily News. “That falls into the category of no good

A boat abandoned and beached just north of Mar-a-Lago has begun breaking apart in the rough surf, exposing gas and oil tanks that some residents worry will contaminate the beach and ocean, as first reported by the Palm Beach Daily News. Pinpointing whose responsibility removing the abandoned boat and ensuring

Palm Beach County’s beaches flew purple flags on Tuesday to warn beachgoers of the presence of dangerous marine life—in this case, stinging pests known as Portuguese men-of-war, as first reported by the Palm Beach Daily News. Portuguese men-of-war get their name from the battleship-shaped balloon that keeps them afloat. The