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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Charlie Jones

Blob of seaweed twice the width of entire US heading for Florida and threatening beaches

A massive blob of seaweed twice the width of the entire US is heading towards Florida, threatening to cover the Sunshine State's beautiful beaches with stinking seaweed.

The huge mass floating in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean seas is so big it can be seen from space.

The specific type of seaweed making up the gargantuan blob is called sargassum, which has long formed in the Atlantic Ocean.

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