No, red tides were documented in the southern Gulf of Mexico as far back as the 1700s and along Florida's Gulf coast in the 1840s. Fish kills near Tampa Bay were even mentioned in the records of ...

Multiple beaches along Florida's Gulf Coast are facing a risk of red tide that could cause respiratory irritation.

Red tide continues to persist along the Gulf beaches, particularly in Manatee and Sarasota counties. Medium concentrations of ...

Just last week moderate to high levels of red tide were being reported between the St. Petersburg-Tampa Bay area south to Bonita Springs. Stiff winds out of the east have kept the bloom patches ...

The harmful algal bloom has been detected throughout the Tampa Bay area, including one beach with high levels of red tide.

In Pinellas, lower amounts were found at Madeira Beach, Bay Pines, Pass-a-Grille and Fort DeSoto. State environmental ...

Jeff Berardelli is WFLA’s Chief Meteorologist and Climate Specialist Over the past week, a large outbreak of Red Tide has ...

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SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A red tide alert has been issued for multiple Tampa Bay area counties, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced Wednesday. Over the past week ...

Non-profits Ocean Conservancy and Tampa Bay Waterkeeper and about a hundred of their friends came to hear from experts about the threats of storm-related pollution. "We need these conversations to ...