Floridians warned to avoid beaches as deadly jellyfish brought ashore by storm

The Independent

The Florida coast is expected to get slammed by a system this weekend, but rough seas aren't the only concern at the beaches. Experts are warning against man o' wars washing ashore.

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00:00 and the rough seas have already sent some dangerous jellyfish onto the shore.

00:04 Some areas there, even some stores, have already closed as the weather bears down.

00:08 Fox 35's Esther Bauer is live in Brevard County today. So Esther, people should

00:12 not even go near the water this weekend, they're saying. Officials are asking

00:18 everyone to stay out of the ocean because these conditions are far too

00:21 dangerous. If you take a look behind me, this is what we want to see. There is no

00:25 one surfing, there is no one swimming, there is no one trying to tackle these

00:29 intense waves. But that is not the only hazard coming from this storm. If you

00:33 take a walk with me over here, as soon as we stepped onto the beach, we had to

00:37 dodge man o' wars. Look at this. There's one right here just over this fence.

00:41 There is a second, a third and a fourth man o' war hiding in this seaweed. So

00:47 people are, if you do come out to the beach, make sure you are watching

00:50 closely because those are here for this, for this storm.

00:55 It's amazing. It's so impressive. Mother Nature in itself. Her force on

01:02 full display at Canaveral National Seashore as people admire the powerful

01:07 surf from afar. This is something you want to see from the seashore. Take

01:11 some pictures. I wouldn't even probably put my feet in the water. Some roads

01:15 are already blocked off at the National Park because of high water and sand. The

01:20 waves are crazy. It's uh, it's pouring over the docks. Uh, it's pretty intense.

01:24 Beach goers watching where they walk so they don't end up stepping on those

01:28 kind of blue looking balloons that you see on the beach. Those tentacles

01:32 coming off of those can sting even when they're out of the water. Man o' wars

01:37 are washing ashore, stuck in the piles of seaweed. But you're not used to

01:40 seeing this come out here. No, no, not in the parking lots out here,

01:44 especially at this time of the year. I mean, obviously hurricanes and the

01:47 surges that we get. But when I was reading the weather report this week, I

01:49 thought, oh my gosh, we definitely have to go for a walk on the beach at some

01:52 point just to see it. County officials are asking people to stay out of the

01:56 water and seven beaches are still staffed with lifeguards.

02:00 And victory casino cruises made the call once again not to sail because of

02:08 high seas. We are seeing the fishing pier at Jetty Park is also closed and

02:14 the city of Melbourne is also closing the boat ramps at Front Street Park

02:18 because these conditions are too dangerous. Reporting live in Melbourne,

02:22 the city of San Francisco. And

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