Swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach were shut down Saturday due to the pieces of oil washing ashore and oil slicks in the water ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on Florida beaches over the weekend. So far, the ...

The agency posted an update Sunday morning that while people going to the beach should watch for jellyfish, the beaches were open with no reports of "tar balls or oily substance today." ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating after tar balls were seen washed up on southeast Florida beaches. The substances were reported in the Palm Beach, Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach areas on ...

Black oil from a tar ball along Deerfield Beach covers Paul Rebelo’s hand. (Courtesy/Paul Rebelo) On Saturday, the beach itself was still open, but no one was allowed into the water from ...

BOYNTON BEACH FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO REPORTS OF OIL ON ITS BEACH SATURDAY MORNING. THEY FOUND TAR BALLS FROM THE INLET SOUTH TO OCEANFRONT PARK. AS A PRECAUTION, BEACHES IN FORT LAUDERDALE WERE ...

The weather this weekend was perfect for a trip to the sun-kissed shoreline of Palm Beach. But beachgoers faced a viscous mess that started Saturday: Tar balls, accumulations of a sticky black ...

as Deerfield Beach Ocean Rescue confirmed that balls of tar where washing up on the shoreline. Beaches north of Lifeguard Tower 10 on the north remained open to swimmers. However, they were ...