FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A sticky, black substance that washed ashore prompted officials to close a stretch of Fort Lauderdale ...

Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue announced that the oily substance on the beach prompted lifeguards to tell beachgoers to stay out ...

At 7:05 p.m. Saturday, the Coast Guard’s Southeast District posted to social media that “Coast Guard air and surface crews ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Areas of Fort Lauderdale Beach that were closed over the weekend due to globs of tar are back open. Nearly two miles of Fort Lauderdale Beach, from the port up to Riomar Street ...

Swaths of Fort Lauderdale’s beach were shut down to swimmers during one of the busiest days of the week due to the pieces of oil washing ashore and oil slicks in the water, city officials confirmed.

Tar balls on a Fort Lauderdale Beach on Saturday. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue The beach closure was originally from lifeguard stations 1 to 16, said Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis.