Stretches of the debris-strewn beaches of Southwest Florida, still recovering from Hurricane Milton, are now littered with ...

Low concentrations of the toxin were detected this past week at New Pass Dock in Sarasota Bay, on the north end of Lido Key.

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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The organism that causes red tide was detected in 49 samples along the coast of Southwest Florida. But bloom-level ...

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 ...

A large red tide that has bloomed near Florida Gulf Coast communities impacted by Hurricane Milton, including Sarasota and ...

Recent samples from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, show natural, background levels in Lee and ...

Southwest Florida waters are stained and potentially toxic as a red tide bloom rages offshore while freshwater bacteria ...

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 ...